Mike Metzner was lost in the sauce. Some of his earlier stuff was ok. The idea that doing one set beyond failure once every twelve days is beyond stupid. Not to mention that training to failure and stopping just short of failure has the same exact same effects on hypertrophy..The only difference being failure drains the CNS leading to infrequent "hit" training wheras stopping just short allows for greater frequency-> a natural lifters best weapon. I also have to mention that soreness is the absolute WORST way to measure "a good workout" and especially growth.

As for volume, it works wonders for 5-10% of the bodybuilders out there. However, the majority can find themselves somewhere in the middle. Only hardgainers, extreme hardgainers, should be doing the super low volume infrequent training sessions, since their recovery sucks.

Speaking of volume, IronAddict, who has 20+ years training up to 70 clients per month, speaks very highly of volume training. However, he has ways to incorperate volume such as "waved" volume...Essentially starting off lower volume, then every week adding another set.

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