Sequential or Alternating Resistance Training for Maximal Size, Strength and Endurance Gains!? Plus: Basic Blueprint for a 2x2 Day Alternating Muscle Split Workout
If you want to try something new, but feel that this is a bit over the top, why don't you try an alternate workout regimen to escape the daily grind? It's funny and sad that studies like the one at hand, which investigate basic training principles and their effect on your real world results in the gym are so scarce. I mean, let's be honest. With a few exceptions, all of us will probably get much more out of training optimization than of any available supplement and maybe even drug. As far as supplements goes, you are bombarded with unwarranted claims and the occasional non-significant (per design) study on newly available products. On the training side of things, on the other hand, there is little to no innovation - probably for a good reason, but still: Would you be able to tell me for sure if and why training sequentially, i.e. finishing all sets of one exercise, is "better" than alternating training, where you would, for example do a set of leg curls follow...