Dr. Bret Contreras

We're both 49.

You can learn a thing or two from us.

You know why?

Because we didn't fizzle out.

you know we didn't fizzle out over over time and that's what you get a lot of gung-ho people that are like train five six days a week spend two three hours a day in the gym they don't last so there's this what's best for short-term hypertrophy what's optimal you can we can geek out over what's optimal but the main thing is what's going to keep you motivated also you're not you're not going to

if, if you train, even training five days a week is tough.

My, my, my clients will typically have like typically on Friday, if they hit it too hard on Monday and Wednesday, and then they're trying to hit lower body on Friday.

And there, this happens to a lot of them, coach, I'm beat down today.

I'm just going to do kickbacks and abduction and keep it light.

And I go, that's fine.

Guess what?

They come back on Monday, crushing it.

They had to do a wimpy workout, uh,

And then they take Saturday and Sunday off.

They come back again on Monday ready to rock and roll.

You have to make adjustments when you're training frequently.

When you're training one or two days a week, you don't have to make that many adjustments because you're recovered.

The more frequently you train, the more adjustments you have to make.

You have to auto-regulate based on biofeedback, meaning like you just got to listen to your body and –

stray from the plan but what you're saying is you start feeling overwhelmed you're not as psyched when you start trying to lift four or five times a week because you also like to be functional you sprint you run you have a life and you've learned that three days a week is what the optimal frequency for you and your lifestyle is