Duration & Volume: Part 5 of Anabolic Muscle Building Factors
The “Rocky” mentality is pretty popular in world of fitness. The more you do, the more you push yourself, the better your results, right? WRONG!
The “Rocky” mentality is one of the worst plagues in the fitness industry, and unfortunately, even with all of the modern research and real-world results to prove it wrong, its still quite prevalent…
You see, “Rocky” training is nothing more than extreme endurance training. Unfortunately, MOST bodies are not built to handle such tough, grueling training methods. When people train in such a fashion, most of them subject themselves to high risk of injury, burnout, and overtraining…
This is because the average person neither has the genetics, nor the proper nutrition needed to pull off something so intense. The average person is much better off training within small incremental increases that stimulate and challenge the body, not annihilate it.
So, the question is: What kind of duration, or how long should I workout for?
Well, we’ve already established that more is NOT better. So, when it comes to training for maximum muscle mass, there are 3 important factors…
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