RosFit Author of “Nutrition and Training” Balanced Diet
Overtraining without sufficient intensity is the most common thing I see in people who aren’t making progress. A person does a lot, but not INTENSELY enough to trigger the mechanisms of growth and development. And considering that the person is motivated but isn’t getting results, they start doing even more, yet continue to lack INTENSITY — exhausting themselves, but again to no avail. It sounds slightly paradoxical, but it’s a fact that fits into the strategies of most motivated gym-goers.
Why is this? Because they “knew everything” when they got there. “Knowing everything” usually means: “you have to go to the gym, pump iron there…”. So, in their all-knowing head: going to the gym more = getting more results. No. This is a mistake.
The only thing needed to activate growth mechanisms is HIGH-INTENSITY execution of an exercise to TOTAL failure. Maximally load the muscle 1 time, and then leave it alone for 3–7 days. THAT’S IT.
Jumps, flips, 16 hours in the gym — all of this only makes sense if you want to tell your friends how much you do and what a “100 hours a week” athlete you are. I, on the other hand, don’t like talking about work — so I just do it: as briefly as possible and only exactly what is necessary, because there are so many other interesting things in life…