German Volume Training

>>42361350
A friend of mine, instead of 10x10 splits it up like this:
5x5
5x10

>>42361350
Roids required

>>42362292
this

dont start what you cant do without a little help

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Why even live

>>42361350
Most people onhere think it's too high volume to pull off without AAS use, which is fucking retarded, because in truth it's LESS volume than many of the regular PPL routines people love here. The barebones GVT template has you doing 10 sets per bodypart once a week - most PPL routines have way more on a weekly basis. People seem to forget (or don't know) that it's not supposed to be done with your actual 10RM.

Regardless, there's a recent study going around where they compared GVT + 4 sets of another exercise for same major muscle group (so 14 total sets) to 50% GVT + 4 sets (so roughly equivilant of regular GVT). The 50% group made better gains. The conclusion was that GVT was excessive volume. I don't think that's a fair conclusion given that they'd added a bunch of shit to something that's already called "high volume", but you're free to make up your own decision.
Also, even though the GVT + 4 sets group didn't make good gains short-term, nobody can tell what would've happened if it had been followed up with a period of low volume training. I'm guessing they'd see all kinds of gains. Training should always be cyclical and never viewed in a vacuum. There is such a thing as phase potentiation.

If you want to do the regular GVT, I think it would make sense to start out doing 8 sets the first week, 9 the next, then 10. This would theoretically provide some "free" overload, while not causing too much damage from the get-go. Just an idea (a good one though). And as hinted above, it's always a good idea to alternate high and low volume (relatively speaking) phases.

>>42361350
ACH MEIN GOTT VYYYY!1!!