Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

ALL-TIME #1 PRACTICAL PRIORITIES
3.47 BEYOND BRAWN will teach you everything you need to know to put the
“progressive poundages in good form” dictum into practice. Knowing the
dictum is one thing, but organizing you life in order to apply the dictum
is something else. is is where you need the in-depth understanding this
book provides.
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Consistent vs. sporadic 100% dedication
You may not be able to deliver consistent 100% dedication to your
training, nutrition, rest and sleep schedules. While 100% dedication
on a consistent basis is the ideal, good progress can still be
made without it. But you must at least provide consistent 100%
dedication in spurts.
Maintenance training, though demanding, is much less demanding
than that needed for building new strength and development.
You can relax to a degree in your total approach without losing size
or strength. During maintenance work you should make no effort
to increase reps or poundages. But after a period of maintenance
work you must crank yourself up for 6–8 weeks of consistent 100%
dedication. Get absolutely everything in perfect order for just that
short period. Achieve a spurt of progress and then follow it with
another maintenance period. is is a very practical approach for
many people to adopt.
If you have only very short and infrequent growth spurts you will
make minimal progress. But if you alternate a six-week period of
100% dedication with an equal period of maintenance work, and
do this consistently over the course of a year, you could achieve
fine progress.
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