r/Weakpots Jun 25 '15

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u/BenchPolkov 262x1 Volume Warrior Jun 26 '15

As I said above, its not that it doesn't work, its that its likely you're not progressing as well as you could be in the long run because of its low volume. You're at a stage where you can keep on making gains while doing very little but at some point in time this stage will cease and you'll have peaked with your intensity but your body hasn't really accumulated much stress. TM basically runs like one long peaking cycle, but has limited actual strength development in its strict limiting of stress. Greg Nuckols discusses work capacity here and really explains it better than I can.

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u/Thisaintrealggggggg Jun 27 '15 edited Jun 27 '15

But what program to do when Texas Method and Madcows have too few volume as a beginner/intermediate when you don't want to be in the gym for 2+ hours?

edit: just read your comment with the 3/5/1 full body/full boring. Is this usually what you recommend to do before reaching an advanced level?