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Originally Posted by penguinz
It's the same concept as strength training (not body building.) You don't max out and often you never train at maximum levels in order to not burn out your CNS.
Over stressing will eventually lead to slower or even degrading gains and more susceptible to injury.
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When I was into body building and strength training (2002 to 2011) I read everything I could get my hands on because I really struggled to gain weight. Much literature focused on higher reps, lower weight which never worked for me but worked well for my mesomorphic and endomorphic friends. My weight gains really just mimicked my strength PRs at least at a 4 or 5 max rep. The 12+ rep stuff, and/or high volume training didnt work. Same with splitting arms day then leg day didnt really work for me. Eventually I figured out if I just focused on heavy bench, heavy squat, heavy deadlift and then some more ancillary stuff on "rest" days my body responded much better.
For running, I am apparently a big pussy because training "heavy" for running and high heart rate stuff just wasn't working. It's a miracle I didn't have a cardiac event the last 3 months since my triglycerides and good cholesterol are trash.