bluejeff
Level 7 Valued Member
I am curious to know what everyone's experiences are with higher frequency training (defined as: training the same movement patterns, skills, etc 4 or more times per week); what pros and cons have you experienced?
My interest in this arises from how martial artists traditionally trained: doing the same skills pretty much daily to learn and refine them. I think it's safe to say that SF's motto of "strength as skill" fits this model pretty well. I also understand the trade off between something like how fast you want to gain muscle vs get strong (faster hypertrophy = more volume per workout with lots of rest between sessions, strength = lower volume, higher frequency). I love to train and have always struggled to balance my volume/frequency/intensity well. I'd love to find a happy medium between strength and muscle building with a more frequent practice (I like idea of the fighter pullup program, and have considered applying it to pike pushups to work towards a solid HSPU).
So, what kinds of experiences have people had with higher frequency training? Faster strength? Muscle building? Over-training? Energy levels?
My interest in this arises from how martial artists traditionally trained: doing the same skills pretty much daily to learn and refine them. I think it's safe to say that SF's motto of "strength as skill" fits this model pretty well. I also understand the trade off between something like how fast you want to gain muscle vs get strong (faster hypertrophy = more volume per workout with lots of rest between sessions, strength = lower volume, higher frequency). I love to train and have always struggled to balance my volume/frequency/intensity well. I'd love to find a happy medium between strength and muscle building with a more frequent practice (I like idea of the fighter pullup program, and have considered applying it to pike pushups to work towards a solid HSPU).
So, what kinds of experiences have people had with higher frequency training? Faster strength? Muscle building? Over-training? Energy levels?