Jake in Missouri
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What exactly is the science of overtraining? What happens when a person "overtrains" a muscle group? It would seem that if you worked a muscle for 20 sets in a day you would get better results than working in for 10 sets. Wouldn't you think? I've been back to working out for 5 months this time and my bench press strength getting better and better. When I started back I was only using 135-155 on flat bench for 8 or 10 reps. Me and my partner will do 15-18 sets of chest, sometimes more. We do flat bench barbell, incline barbell, decline barbell, incline dumbell, cabled flyes, etc. For 4-5 sets each workout. My chest is getting bigger, not where I want it by any means but for instance tonight on my flat bench I did 2 sets of 265 for 7-8 reps, 245 for 8-9 reps and 1 set of 225 for 8 reps. I Maxed out at 315 pound a couple weeks ago, this is the strongest I have ever been. Doing all of these sets seem to work for me, and I do chest twice a week. Can someone explain "overtraining" to me and give me their thoughts on what I have shared? Thanks.