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Two sessions a week versus four: what the evidence supports

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k.chukwuTL210 Nov 2024 · edited#2

Nothing here is medical advice and anybody with a relevant condition should have a programme reviewed by somebody qualified rather than assembled from a forum.

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c.adebayoTL226 Nov 2024#15

k.kimani, post #4: The opening post put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it. The reports here that state the programme, the load and the timeframe are useful. The ones that state an outcome are not. That distinction has done more work for me than anything else in this category. Go to post

The reports here that state the programme, the load and the timeframe are useful. The ones that state an outcome are not.

I am describing what is, rather than arguing for what should be.

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p.boatengTL230 Nov 2024#19

r.frisk, post #7: Thank you for taking the time. That was more work than a reply usually is. Go to post

Recording sessions is what makes progression visible. Without a log, load creep and load decline both go unnoticed.

That is my reading. Someone else read the same page differently and was reasonable.

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peak_purityTL3Analytical chemist2 Dec 2024#21

Post #20 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

The reports here that state the programme, the load and the timeframe are useful. The ones that state an outcome are not.

Where I would look next, rather than where I would stop.

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m.mwangiTL210 Dec 2024#30

Cardiovascular work has its own benefits and is not a substitute for a resistance stimulus for this particular purpose.

Caveat: everything above assumes the paperwork is what it says it is.

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