If you've ever read a "muscle magazine", Turbulence Training seems like a lot of BS. How can you lose fat and gain muscle using a workout routine like Turbulence Training? Its not enough exercise, a muscle magazine reader might say!
Only 3 workouts per week?
I shouldn't do 5 exercises per bodypart?
You don't need to do 5 hours of cardio per week?
Yes, no, and correct.
But being fed a diet of daily 90-minute workouts "like the bodybuilding pro's do it", can really set in stone people's opinions of what a workout should be...
So when I ask people to trade quantity for TT quality, it's a big, big mindshift. And we recently had a big discussion about this on the forum at www.TTMembers.com
Here are two real-life examples that have shown me why I take the quality route...
A) More rest = better workouts = more results
Whenever I travel and miss a workout, as i did last week, and get extra rest, I always hit the gym with more mental energy, desire, and eagerness to lift. The result? Most often a personal best, as I achieved last friday with my double overhand grip 350lbs deadlift.
Being able to do more high-quality work will translate into more calories, and more fat, burned in the post-exercise time.
B) Just how many freakin' sets do you think your chest can handle?
High quantity workouts are redundant, and by the end, are not as intense as they could be.
Take today's workout as evidence and compare it to last weeks bench workout.
Today: I worked up to a set of 265 for 5 reps on the bench press. I then did a set of 205 to failure for only 8 reps.
Last week: I worked up to a single rep (i.e. LOWER VOLUME) in my main exercise. I was then able to complete 11 reps at 225 to failure.
So when someone does 4-5 exercises for a muscle group, what are you really getting out of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th exercises that you didn't already get from exercises 1 and 2?
Things to think about. For more information on quality vs. quantity of training, visit the TT Member's fat loss forum or watch my Turbulence Training Lecture Video HERE.
Next month in the TTMembers site, some meal plans from Dr. Chris Mohr,
CB
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