Oscar
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Hi all,
I'm curious about the comparison of recommended volume between Naked Warrior and Easy Strength. As far as I recall from the books, both programs are daily training. Easy Strength suggests a volume of about 10 reps per day. About NW, there are no specific volume guidelines as far as I remember, only as frequent as possible as fresh as possible.
If I understood NW correctly, that could be as much as 10 sets of 5 throughout the day, which is a lot more than the 10 reps recommended in Easy Strength. However, ES is of 5 exercises, and NW only two.
I have been doing NW with Lego squats and archer push ups. Volume has been of about 4-5 sets of 3-5 reps, so a total of 12 to 25 reps per day. So far I'm progressing slowly but steadily, I'm close to achieving a pistol with my left leg and I have reduced the elevation I need for one arm push up. I haven't been doing more volume due to recovery, mostly. With the volume I do I'm managing to train every day needing a day off once per week more or less.
So I guess the question is: if the programs are similar in many aspects, why is NW volume so much higher? And is NW volume actually as high as 50 reps per day? Or 5x5 would be more reasonable?
I'm curious about the comparison of recommended volume between Naked Warrior and Easy Strength. As far as I recall from the books, both programs are daily training. Easy Strength suggests a volume of about 10 reps per day. About NW, there are no specific volume guidelines as far as I remember, only as frequent as possible as fresh as possible.
If I understood NW correctly, that could be as much as 10 sets of 5 throughout the day, which is a lot more than the 10 reps recommended in Easy Strength. However, ES is of 5 exercises, and NW only two.
I have been doing NW with Lego squats and archer push ups. Volume has been of about 4-5 sets of 3-5 reps, so a total of 12 to 25 reps per day. So far I'm progressing slowly but steadily, I'm close to achieving a pistol with my left leg and I have reduced the elevation I need for one arm push up. I haven't been doing more volume due to recovery, mostly. With the volume I do I'm managing to train every day needing a day off once per week more or less.
So I guess the question is: if the programs are similar in many aspects, why is NW volume so much higher? And is NW volume actually as high as 50 reps per day? Or 5x5 would be more reasonable?
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