Muscle Growth and Fatigue: A Comparison

Local vs systemic fatigue for hypertrophy.

[Strangepete]

I do 50 sets of deadlifts and 40 sets of squats to absolute failure every single day just as a warmup, come at me brah...

[LeonGainsborough]

Having a breakfast while watching new Basement BB'v video is good way to start the day

[ZeedDesign]

Love your content as always, i just wish you would share with us examples of how you would structure some of the most used templates (upper lower ecc) ESPECIALLY for novices, because almost every famous novice program is catered towards powerlifting and having good Bodybuilding alternatives would help fight both the powerlift brainwash and the "instagram workouts".

[a.f.s.]

I built my physique on barbell compounds. The systemic fatigue will diminish as your central nervous system adjusts. Entire body stimulation through squats and deadlifts may be taxing on your body, but will definitely induce hypertrophy.

[AntiGravityResearch]

As I’ve added strength in my full body approach, I have slowly had to swap to more locally fatiguing exercises
I went from being sore to being tired the next few days
As I slowly tweaked my split and exercise selection, as well as set and rep schemes… funny enough I ended up with something very similar to DC training before knowing what that was(keep in mind I have to train for time efficiency too, and work manual labor/long hours/ in frequent schedule)

[realbillnye]

Love the vids bro. But please start adding sections to your videos. It helps the viewers a lot. Thanks

[georgesarreas]

I personally have started doing that exact thing for my program inspired by your channel.I train quads/shoulders/vertical pull and then chest/arms/hams/horizontal pull. Just doing a superset of chins+ leg extensions before squats(later on in the workout) is saving so much fatigue it's not even funny (much more quality volume)
I'm on vacation and just seeing your vid made me wanna train. I value your honest advice and humility it takes to not just try to attract the strength enthusiasts but instead build a community around bodybuilding.
You have my respect and thanks for the content

[koleary]

Being on top of systemic fatigue is key for someone working out at home. In my own experience, working out at a home gym forces, unless you're flush with cash, forces you to use the basics. They work, phenomenally well, but damn they are hard to recover from. Sometimes it is nice to just be able to sit your ass in a machine and apply force however the machine will let you to get the desired result.

I've recently gone from all home gym (made fantastic gains out in my shed) to about 60/40 with some days in a public gym. I feel fresher for the days at home where I hit the most effective lifts and I still have the option to go hard as fuck on something "easy" without having too much fatigue but up.

[Legacy-Talks]

I may get dragged for this but I've gone back to bro splits. Ive hit a wall trying to keep getting bigger on splits jam packed full of compound lifts for multiple muscle groups. I understand I don't get the muscle frequency aspect but my ability to focus on the details & ensure every week I have a high quality session for every muscle group makes it a win for me. i work long hours so fatigue has been a limiting factor for me too but no matter how tired I am I can always summon up the energy to adequately stimulate one muscle group.

[dalequale]

I'm 67 and do one set of pecs, lats, traps, back and biceps to failure, 8 to 12 reps. 3 days between strength workouts. HIIT and long walks with trekking poles in between. I eat low carb paleo, 30 lbs lost fat plus muscle and flexibility. 20 minutes per day. 👍😁

[domepiece]

I do full-body 3x per week. I actually like knocking out lower body before upper body and compounds before isolation BECAUSE I get the systemically fatiguing exercises done first. It lets me knock out the most physically and mentally challenging exercises first when I feel most fresh physically and mentally. Once I get those hard exercises done, I know the rest of the workout will be easy. And if I’m totally gassed, it’s okay. I’d rather be gassed from the main lifts. That’s just my take on it.

[louisdw]

Great video man, makes a lot of sense!

[seanmitchum]

Hey man, just found your channel a few weeks ago. Really digging your methodology and delivery, I find it really well thought out and down to earth. Maybe you've already covered this but would love to hear any thoughts you might have on training for those of us who work construction and other labor intensive jobs, in terms of recovery and avoiding injury

[hypertrophydisciple]

Another banger, time to get the pop corn

[mostmetal]

I see what you're saying. I think it just depends on what your goal is, increasing strength versus targeting a muscle or muscle group. I prefer to barbell compound movements first just because I prioritize wanting to lift more weight for rows, squats and presses and then if I want to add on top of those lifts, then I'll add accessories not for the sake of hypertrophy but for strengthening supporting muscle groups. For an example, Barbell Bench Press (focused on progression of weight) Then afterwards working out supporting muscles like the Triceps, Lats and core .I sometimes do pull ups and pull downs first right before barbell rows but I noticed I wasn't getting good quality reps in for the rows. People just need to be more mindful of things they are doing in the gym or at home. Sitting down and asking questions is all it takes. Do I want a heavier lift or do I want a certain muscle look bigger? Overall great video, very insightful and is definitely a recommend to watch especially for beginners and intermediate lifters.

[royalchamp]

You guys should look into supplementing DMAA or DMHA. It's an ingredient in some banned pre workouts that make you extremely focused and angry. 3 sets of 20 on squats is easy when on this. I only use it once every 2 weeks and mainly on upper body workouts, to prevent injury risk

[loostinpro]

When do you recommend to decrease or increase the set number of a given exercise? Do you have some sort of mechanism? Ex: You didn't recoreverd well for the next session or you regressed in X lift

[lightbringer]

With the points you made in this video, could you argue that training more frequently with shorter sessions could be better? That way each session has less total work allowing you to put more effort into each exercise. People always preach 4 day splits but that means each session is going to be very long just to meet minimum volume requirements, and likely you’ll run into these systemic fatigue problems that you mentioned.

[arz]

Most of the time when I do bench press or other chest exercises, my front delta are the ones that give up before my chests, even though I always make sure I’m using proper form and ROM. Any tips?

[Rockman-Blue]

Hey man. I found your channel from Alpha Destiny and I am loving the content. I can only train three days a week, and my main goal is hypertrophy. What splits do you think would be best? I am an early intermediate for context, and the only experience I have training three times a week is full body.