is 22 sets for chest alone alot?

[emitis]

title.

[imJB]

yess?

[OregonLife]

yup

[Cadences]

Way too much.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Yes.

[ZoranM]

lol no

[emitis]

lol no

if u wana be the best u gotta go above and beyond what they say :P

[ACSZZ1988]

I do 20. Granted they are pyramid sets so not all of them are really heavy

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

if u wana be the best u gotta go above and beyond what they say :P

And then get injured.

[ironwill2008]

if u wana be the best u gotta go above and beyond what they say :P

In that case, why aren't you doing 100 sets?

[emitis]

And then get injured.

its high volume

[emitis]

In that case, why aren't you doing 100 sets?

dont be dumb lol

[Jimthegiant]

Per month? No

[ironwill2008]

dont be dumb lol

It was a serious question, intended to get you to do some actual thinking about what you're doing, and why, or why not, you should be doing it.





Good luck meeting your fitness goals for 2014.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

its high volume

It sure is.

Good luck.

[kanis999]

In that case, why aren't you doing 100 sets?

I agree with all the subtle points he is trying to make here. More volume =/= better if you're getting adequate stimulus to grow at your maximum rate. Where's the threshold where more volume stops benefiting you and starts harming you? That is not set in stone, but there IS a threshold somewhere. For most people, I'd expect that threshold to be below 22 sets.

[emitis]

It was a serious question, intended to get you to do some actual thinking about what you're doing, and why, or why not, you should be doing it.





Good luck meeting your fitness goals for 2014.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2UOyjO1bM

[k9pit]

Once you do 23 sets, you become the Air Jordan of chest.

If you do a 24th set, you become the Kobe Bryant of chest.

If you do just 1 more set, 1 more...you've overtrained and become the Chris Gatlin of chest. You ever seen Chris Gatlin on a Wheaties box? Me neither. Lesson here is don't overtrain.

[kanis999]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2UOyjO1bM

I see you're quite new here, joined Apr 2014.

The person you're talking to, FYI, is one of the most knowledgeable and respected members of this entire website. I'd listen a little closer to his arguments, and less to tatted out "youtube gurus" who are clearly on a sales campaign.

[emitis]

I see you're quite new here, joined Apr 2014.

The person you're talking to, FYI, is one of the most knowledgeable and respected members of this entire website. I'd listen a little closer to his arguments, and less to tatted out "youtube gurus" who are clearly on a sales campaign.

fine im on a cycle happy? and i do chest twice a week so 44 sets for it per week. around the same for other big body parts like back, legs, arms

[kanis999]

fine im on a cycle happy? and i do chest twice a week so 44 sets for it per week. around the same for other big body parts like back, legs, arms

Nah, now I'm just confused. Since you're on a cycle, you have unlimited recovery abilities? If you're growing on 22 sets, let that be your guide.

[ZoranM]

fine im on a cycle happy? and i do chest twice a week so 44 sets for it per week. around the same for other big body parts like back, legs, arms

You're an idiot then.

[iHurricane]

IDK ask the people at my gym who do 10+ straight sets of bench press

[Jimthegiant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2UOyjO1bM

OMG Rich Piana said it, it must be true! not srs

Everyone else here is telling you the opposite from experience, why ask if you're just going to ignore us?

I've tried both extremes, gaining just as fast on 15 - 20 work sets (full body) as I was on 65. With that kind of volume you're far more likely to give yourself an injury which will undo months of work.

[kanis999]

FWIW, the hypothetical dude in the video eating 4k calories is going to do so much better in the long run it isn't even funny (provided 4k is enough to gain at least a couple pounds per month). OP, you should double your calories and see what happens.

[HammZ]

Guarantee you are not putting the same effort in on your back workouts and you will **** up your shoulders probably getting my 2nd shoulder surgery in the past year you really need to take care of them not all people are lucky like you and were able to get away with this for so long.

[emitis]

Guarantee you are not putting the same effort in on your back workouts and you will **** up your shoulders probably getting my 2nd shoulder surgery in the past year you really need to take care of them not all people are lucky like you and were able to get away with this for so long.

dude u fking srs? search up chris jones POG on youtube, he does high volume all the time its not just me

[HammZ]

dude u fking srs? search up chris jones POG on youtube, he does high volume all the time its not just me

I didn't say you couldn't do high volume, I said your probably neglecting your back and your one of those kids who sits on the bench press for an hour and never does any rows. Do want you want man it's your body just saying shoulder surgery is extremely lengthy in its recovery.

[Mr_Aryze]

Guarantee you are not putting the same effort in on your back workouts and you will **** up your shoulders probably getting my 2nd shoulder surgery in the past year you really need to take care of them not all people are lucky like you and were able to get away with this for so long.

This is true. Imbalanced antagonistic muscle pair strength and I am assuming you're probably going to do another million sets for your shoulders, and thus you will most likely be found dead.

[HammZ]

This is true. Imbalanced antagonistic muscle pair strength and I am assuming you're probably going to do another million sets for your shoulders, and thus you will most likely be found dead.

And this happend to my shoulders RIP left shoulder 1/16/13 and a future RIP to my right whenever surgery is scheduled lol.