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Ep. #842: Q&A: Mentzer-Style Training, Protein on Rest Days, Feet Up On Bench Press, and More

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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Olympic Weight Lifting

In the past i would de load every maybe ten to elve weeks. Now i de load every fourth week. Those two changes have helped me recover better for my training. Have prevented even minor injuries, in repetitive stress injuries. That has really made a difference. And so coming back to menser's heavy duty training. If you are training to failure, often with heavy weights on challenging exercises, it's going to catch up with you. The volume is quite low. But we know that that is sub optimal for experienced weight lifters. We know that a better way to train is literally the opposite - where the volume is higher and the intensity is a bit lower. It's still high

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