[Hogg]

i can only offer one bit of advice in this thread and that is to bear in mind that periodization is critical in higher frequency training. In addition, we must bear in mind that fatigue must be managed with such training.

The 1x per week guys can probably train a body part for 3 hours to failure and still make it back to the gym the following week. Using such high intensity with a 2x or 3x per week program will fatigue you very quickly. Fatigue is literally like a checkbook with a constant rate of replenishment which is, as someone eluded to earlier, affected by many factors such as sleep, nutrition, the quality and amount of drugs that you use, amount of life stress, etc. My point being that if you venture into the realm of a 2x2 push pull, a 3 on 1 off, a straight 6 day 2x routine, or worse a 3x routine, you have to constantly keep track of your fatigue checkbook. The training effect is nil if the fatique account is in overdraft....I cant put it any simpler than that. Those who do not understand the concept of training effect and fatique should research the fundamentals of two factor theory. Most of you guys know enough about this already from the old board.

Any training program that exceeds one's ability to recover when analyzed over the duration of a training cycle is a bad training program....it is just that simple. You can fatigue the body through training and see benefit providing that you allow recovery (through periodization) during the training cycle but this is not the same as simply blasting one's self mercilessly session after session....that is not a training cycle, that is simply going to the gym and beating the shit out of yourself. Some claim to do well with such programs but usually, training frequency is lower than those who periodize their training......it is actually out of necessity, not by choice. Anybody who tries to successfully train on a higher frequency program will either have to modulate loading/volume or they will fail in their quest miserably. It really is that simple.