It’s no secret that if you want to make any sort of progress in the gym, you
have to push your body beyond its limits to promote the desired adaptations
(while providing it with the necessary nutrients, hydration, and rest as well)
to occur.
Traditionally this is done with a program in which the loading parameters
are adjusted accordingly, based on ones goal. However, the typical, but
extremely effective, alternation of accumulative phases with intensive phases
can become rather redundant over time. This is especially true for those who have
been hammering away at the iron for multiple years on end, leading to a drop in
motivation to get in there and hit it as hard as possible. Thankfully, like
pretty much everything else in life, there is more than one way to arrive at a given
destination and get a desired result.
