subzero
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SAVORY100 said:
That's it everyone's views are different at the end of the day
I'm training 5 days per week however I only train about 90% of the muscle groups once per week, the rest twice, as I mostly split it all across the week so I can concentrate more on each group. Some weeks I only do 4 days if I feel I only need that, so I go mostly by instinct. I don't work in a job all week either so I have all day to rest and eat, however that being said I also did the same in the past whenever iv'e worked and always had very good results. What iv'e personally found is everyone is different with their genetics, some people benefit from doing all muscle groups twice per week with only 1 day off ( very few can though ), then some people respond better to just hitting everything once over 2 workouts per week, but iv'e found for me I get the best growth splitting everything over 5 days.
Yeah I eat small and often for a few reasons, the main one is it's easier to fit everything in without feeling bloated all day, eating too much at once also makes my stomach distend and it affects my form when doing squats etc and it can give me a bad lower back, then yes like you say it maintains a balance too and stabilises your blood sugar which is another reason.
The main reason i'm training so hardcore is just because it's in my blood and I love it, it's all or nothing with me, it's basically a family thing that iv'e grown up around since being little because my dad was a competing power lifter back in the day ( still lifts now at 64 ) and my brothers are also still into it too, friends of the family were all power lifters and I grew up right around the corner from a power lifters gym in Birmingham ( Dorian Yates used to train there ) so iv'e always had that environment as an influence. I hadn't trained though for 7 years ( I got into some bad ways ) and decided to get back into it in Jan this year because for the past 2 years iv'e had anxiety and other mental issues, and I knew that training with the aim to be the best possible natural bodybuilder that I can would be the thing to positively change my life, I knew that all of my focus would be on this and nothing else and it's worked, and it's given me mental discipline and positiveness. So that has been my main motivation at this point in life. Years ago I did want to compete in bodybuilding as iv'e naturally got the physique and shape so naturally took an interest in that area ( unlike the rest of my family who all have bulky power lifter physiques ), I don't have any plans to compete these days but it may be something I would consider in future if I get good enough.
