rest and gains. true.

Originally Posted by dogabone

Hey guys, get this-

Validation ,quality active rest days produce gains.
I haven't done any excersize, pumping, or hanging in the past two days, HOWEVER- in these two consecutive rest days I have GAINED (~1\4 inch )

I had a Personal breakthrough.
FYI I organize my routine by weeks, and days in the week

To stumbled upon a idea which I applied.

I'll call it a "intensity cycle" if you will

An example of a cycle:
Part 1
++++ place the highest intensity workouts early in the week.
take it down a notch from there and maintain the early week blast's effects by getting ACTIVE rest days as you go.
( blast it on Monday, be 100% HEALED and GROWN by Saturday ready for the next Monday )
Part 2
++++ After 2 or 3 weeks of putting intense workouts first, and recouping ( healing for the next round of enlargement )

The next two weeks should be FOCUSED on active recovery, and claiming your gains, not being greedy and overreaching ( or over stretching!!)

So basically my personal plan is tough workouts early in the week.
And tough weeks early in the month.

To reiderate:
Tough couple days, then QUALITY REST dayS
Then
Tough couple days, then QUALITY REST dayS
Then
Easy couple days, QUALITY REST daySTHEN
Super focused on recovery and rest ( ready for an early month personal best workout )

Its kind of like this....
1. Work out hard
2.Rest rest rest
3.Stabilize and repair tissue
4. SMASH that plateau!

Set yourself up to break a small weekly plateau, instead of trying to overcome a long, chronic plateau ( much tougher )