To do more or to do less?

[Elephant]

Do you have the capacity to increase training volume?

Mike T makes some suggestions at about 2:20 in YouTube.

It's not clear if those are the best ways to determine if your training volume is too much in light of your recovery ability or whether you have the capacity to recover from higher volume.

Any thoughts on the subject of how to determine whether you could handle more volume or whether you're already doing too much?

[Dlk93]

Do you have the capacity to increase training volume?

Any thoughts on the subject of how to determine whether you could handle more volume or whether you're already doing too much?

Your training will let you know if you need more volume or if your doing too much in the form of non-progress or regression (assuming you have a handle of recovery, of course). In the case of non-progress, add volume; in the case of regression, subtract volume.

[John Hanley]

Any thoughts on the subject of how to determine whether you could handle more volume or whether you're already doing too much?

I have to admit, I don’t understand all the fussing with heart rate variability and questionnaires. I can measure any fatigue with bar speeds.

You could work up to a single rep at RPE 8 (or a specified bar speed). If the load for the single departs from what’s expected based on my recent rate of gains, I’m probably still fatigued from a prior session. I modify stress dose accordingly.

This ^ process becomes pretty intuitive after a few years of training.

[Ericreichelt81]

This^.

[crookedfinger]

Your training will let you know if you need more volume or if your doing too much in the form of non-progress or regression (assuming you have a handle of recovery, of course). In the case of non-progress, add volume; in the case of regression, subtract volume.

For a very easy and accurate answer this ^

I have to admit, I don’t understand all the fussing with heart rate variability and questionnaires. I can measure any fatigue with bar speeds.

You could work up to a single rep at RPE 8 (or a specified bar speed). If the load for the single departs from what’s expected based on my recent rate of gains, I’m probably still fatigued from a prior session. I modify stress dose accordingly.

This ^ process becomes pretty intuitive after a few years of training.

For a more complex and still accurate answer, this ^

Pick which one is most applicable to you and carry on.

[MarkMarkMark]

I have to admit, I don’t understand all the fussing with heart rate variability and questionnaires. I can measure any fatigue with bar speeds.

You could work up to a single rep at RPE 8 (or a specified bar speed). If the load for the single departs from what’s expected based on my recent rate of gains, I’m probably still fatigued from a prior session. I modify stress dose accordingly.

This ^ process becomes pretty intuitive after a few years of training.

What are you using to measure Bar Speed these days, John?

[AndrewLewis]

Probably his eye, which is probably pretty good at this point.

[Bryan Dobson]

After performing a few thousand work sets you become educated on if you are @8 or not.

[John Hanley]

What are you using to measure Bar Speed these days, John?

Probably his eye, which is probably pretty good at this point.

Yeah. Pretty much going by feel and eye.

I did put my name on the waiting list for Open Barbell's Version 3 device. I'm also trying to convince my wife that a $2200 Gym Aware Unit would complete our life. If that fails, I might just have to do some clever joint-department research grant shit in order to play with a gym aware.

After performing a few thousand work sets you become educated on if you are @8 or not.

Yeah. Intuition started to be reliable after about 3 steady years of lifting. It's wonky after a layoff, but it rights itself pretty quickly.

[Bryan Dobson]

Getting an open barbell device has been on my agenda for 2 years ..i simply don’t think I want it anymore,it is apparently made of unobtanium.