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You've Been Fibbed To About Over Training Have you ever been told that you're overtraining? I bet those same people that have told you that you're overtraining are the same people that tell you to work each muscle group only once per week to failure every set. I'm fed up as I'm sure you are with the Internet experts that give out bad information. Many of these people simply regurgitate useless information given to them in magazines packed with pictures of huge bodybuilders that shoot up with steroids each and every day. We've got to put a stop to this nonsense. Those so called Internet experts cost me years and years of my time, money, and effort. I could have made much faster progress if I wouldn't have taken their advice. I built my website and this newsletter to get the truth out there to as many people as possible. I don't want you to go through the same crap that I went through. Why Someone Doesn't Know If You're Overtraining... Do you have any idea why someone can't look at your weight lifting program and tell you that you're overtraining? I've even heard those experts tell people that working out more than 3 times per week is overtraining. Amazing I tell you. Simply amazing. There are WAY TOO MANY factors for anyone to tell you that you're overtraining... Way too many. Here are some of the factors that affect recovery from weight lifting workouts: 1) Hydration 2) Nutrition and Diet 3) Cardio Exercise 4) Adjustments to Your Program 5) Weight Training Intensity 6) Frequency of Workouts 7) Pre and Post Workout Diet 8) Supplement Intake 9) Rest 10) Stress Levels 11) Genetic Factors 12) Level of Conditioning And there's more factors that affect recovery! Those are just the ones that I can think of off the top of my head. So how in the world can someone tell you that you're overtraining by knowing that you workout 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 times per week? I bet if you told one of those Internet experts that you lifted weights everyday, they would tell you that there's no doubt about it... you're overtraining. Even though you could workout with a low to medium intensity more frequently and still make good progress without overtraining for a long period of time. I don't recommend working out 7 days per week as I am trying to make a point, but you could make progress without overtraining! My point is... No one knows how much water you are drinking, how much you've been sleeping, how much stress is in your life, how hard you lift each set, how much cardio you do and the intensity you do it at, and so on. In other words, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE SO CALLED EXPERTS on message boards and forums all over the Internet telling you that you're overtraining. This is How You Know if You're Overtraining... Measure your strength gains from workout to workout. You should be making progress every workout. Sometimes you'll hit a little bump in the road and strength gains will slow down but they'll usually pick back up with an intelligently designed weight training program. If strength gains slow for several workouts, then you may need to make some changes. If you're building strength each workout, you don't have to worry about overtraining. If progress slows or comes to a halt, the simple way of fixing that is to first ensure you're optimizing all the factors that affect recovery between workouts. Are you sleeping enough? Drinking enough water? Do you need to decrease the stress in your life? Simple changes can kickstart your progress again! If you're staying sore for extended periods of time... let's say for more than 4 to 5 days in the same muscle group, you most likely need to take a break from weight training. This shouldn't happen unless you're doing way too much weight lifting and too high a frequency. Soreness is not the best indicator of recovery, but if it occurs for long periods of time, you've done too much damage and need an extended break to let your body recover. Simply take a week off. This is How The WLC Program Prevents You From Overtraining... The WLC Program Package includes an entire section on Rest and Recovery. You'll find some of my biggest secrets for increasing recovery between workouts. You'll learn how to prevent overtraining by finding the optimal weight training intensity for you. Learn how to decrease stress levels. Stress is one of the bigger factors that can prevent you from making progress. If you don't decrease stress in your life, you'll never make optimal progress. If you aren't getting plenty of sleep, you could overtrain very easily. Sleep is very, very important to your progress. You need to take action in order to improve your sleep, and the WLC Program includes the tips you need to get better sleep. Within the 400+ pages of the WLC Program, you'll find secret tactics that I've used to increase rest and recovery from workouts even more! Some of the tactics I will teach you are so amazing that your results can literally double. You don't get information like that with any weight lifting program. And one of the most important tactics you can use right now to prevent overtraining is to take a full one week break before and after every weight lifting cycle. With the WLC Program, a weight lifting cycle usually lasts around 10-12 weeks and then you get to take a full one week break. The full one week break will prevent overtraining in the future. If you continue to beat down your body with no break, your body will eventually shut down from overtraining. You'll lose motivation, interest, and you'll probably become sick.