Dorian Yates

competitive bodybuilders back then they kind of use the weights as a calorie burner as well so they've got the muscle mass then they're doing more volume and more sets and more reps and obviously this is helping to maintain the muscle while at the same time burn a lot of calories so i said wouldn't it be better to do the weight training just

to build muscle and maintain muscle and do some cardio exercise to burn extra calories.

So then you'll be able to recover properly.

So that was my approach.

So it probably falls somewhere in between the two camps, to be honest.

I mean, none of this is written in stone.

When people come to train with me, I said our objective is to get an exercise

and go to real muscular failure.

We'll need to get there safely, so we'll do a couple of sets to warm up.

But if somehow you don't feel, or I don't feel, you nailed it in that set, let's do another one.

You know, there's no law.

We can't do a little bit more.

So you are correct in saying that somebody that's very experienced, they got that mind-muscle connection where you can just link in and you can fully destroy it.

So it depends on the person.

But the idea is to not do more

than is necessary, because then you're going to find it harder to recover.

And the process is stimulate, right?

So you've got to train, you've got to overload.

And during this process, you're not growing, you're creating damage, stress to the muscle that then has to recover and then overcompensate.

So two things need to be in place.