We've always been told that it's bad to overtrain.
Well, guess what...overtraining (on purpose) is
where the REAL results are.

First, what is overtraining? Overtraining is, most simply, training
more than your body can recover from. When your body is unable
to recover from the volume or frequency of training, it begins to
break down.

You not only lose motivation to train, you become more susceptible
to injury and illness, and you may even start to go backwards in
your training, getting smaller and weaker on almost a daily basis.

So how can overtraining possibly be good for
you? I'll tell you.

It all begins with the incredible adaptive power of your body.
As you become more advanced in weight training, you will
generally notice that you cannot make consistent gains for a
long period of time on one training system. Your body quickly
adapts to whatever training system you're using and hits a
plateau. To get around this, it's usually recommended that
you change your program every three to six weeks.

The question now is how to use this adaptive ability to your
advantage.

It's really quite simple. You gradually build up to a state of
temporary (acute) overtraining, then, when you're overtrained and
your adaptive processes are working to their fullest capacity for
recovery, you back off. This backing off results in what is called
overcompensation.

Imagine you're driving a car and climbing a hill with the gas
pedal to the floor. You're giving it everything you've got but
you're still going up slowly. This is similar to overtraining.
When you reach the top, the going gets a lot easier. If you
keep the gas pedal on the floor when you go over the top
and head down, you're going to go a lot faster very quickly.
This is overcompensation.

On a normal program, you work a bodypart, it becomes
temporarily weaker, then becomes stronger as it overcompensates
so you can lift more next time. What a normal program does
on a small, local basis, this overtraining program does on a
full body, systemic basis.

Sound good? We're not done. Now we're going to harness
the power of overtraining by using what I call "Controlled
Overtraining." This style of training is also known as
"Accumulation and Intensification."

The overtraining or ramping phase of this Controlled Overtraining
style of program lasts three weeks, which is about the time
it takes the body to adapt to a training program. It then backs
off to a relatively easy phase for three weeks.



I'll give you an example of this type of program with some
numbers so you can see exactly how it works.

Let's say you start out doing 3 sets for each bodypart the
first week. You'll then do 4 sets the second week, and 5 sets
the third week. While you're increasing the volume (number
of sets), you're simultaneously decreasing the rest period.
For example, week 1, you'll use 90 seconds rest. Week 2,
you'll use 60 seconds rest. Week 3 you'll use 45 seconds rest.

During this "ramping up" phase is where you'll generally
see the greatest gains in muscle mass.

This phase gradually builds you up to overtraining and THAT
is where we back off. We don't want to get into CHRONIC
overtraining (which is a long-term situation).

For the next three weeks, you then decrease the sets and
reps and increase the rest periods. This allows you to recover
from the overtraining and take advantage of the
overcompensation that occurs when the body is still working
at dealing with the hard work and then you cut the hard
work. Though it may feel like you're hardly doing anything
at all, you should see some great results in your strength
levels.

For example, you'll reduce the number of sets back down to
three per bodypart and increase rest periods to two minutes.
During this phase, you could also decrease your rep ranges
so you're using heavier weight and focusing more on strength.

You can see some BIG TIME strength jumps during this phase!

Continue this lower-volume training for at least three weeks.
If, at the end of those three weeks, you're still making
progress, keep going! Don't cut yourself off from any results.
This phase could last as long as 6 weeks or more. When
you start to slow down, however, it's time to ramp back up
to overtraining. Keeping up this cycling of volume and
intensity is a strategy that gives consistent results over
long periods of time.

As you can see, overtraining is not always the horrible thing
it's often made out to be. Training on the edge is where the
real results are. Those who shy away from it will never make
as good of progress as those who embrace it!

This type of "Controlled Overtraining" is an integral part of
my Mad Scientist Muscle program.

During each unique cycle of the program, I take you through
3 weeks of ramping up...accumulation...using a different
volume-based training style.

After that, you'll go directly into a lower-volume, higher-intensity
style of training paired specifically with the training style you
just finished to deliver maximum gains and taking full
advantage of the increased "revvs" your body is experiencing
in metabolism.

This program delivers BIG results in a "controlled
overtraining" framework.

If you're interested in more detailed information about this
type of training and learning how you can use specific training
methods to literally CHANGE your body's physiology to better
support muscle growth, you can grab a FREE copy of my
report "2 Simple Rules to DOUBLE Your Muscle-Building Results"
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Enjoy!