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How the hell does you trainer know when you've "recovered" from a workout?
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He started me off with lighter volume than I'm doing now, A LOT lighter! Now, for Matt, there's an extensive questionare I filled out so he knows all about my training being predominantly Dual Factor. So right away he knows my experience level, my lifts, my build, ect.
He also has a safeguard in place as well. Every week, he has me rate every exercise with a 1-5 rating. 1 being very easy, 3 being a good working set, 4 meaning it was hard, maybe could've squeezed another, and 5 meaning I didn't finish the reps cause it was impossibly difficult.
So, if he sees me writing 4's and 5's in the first month, then my recovery sucks and it's time to really pull back on the reigns. If I put 4's and 5's for say, this whole week, guess what, deloading time.
Plus, he knows my experience level is high, so he also trusts I'll tell him as well that I need a break to get my sanity back!