Cumulative Fatigue
Keep overtraining away!
Cumulative Fatigue builds up over the course of weeks while you are lifting weights. The harder and tougher you work without adequate breaks, nutrition, and rest the more fatigue builds up over the weeks. If you do not work yourself back into lifting weights, fatigue will start at a higher level in the beginning. Your goal should be to keep fatigue as low as possible throughout your WLC cycle.
What is Cumulative Fatigue?
I am going to illustrate to you the concept of fatigue by giving you graphs of how it might build up over the course of different types of training. Some programs do not understand fatigue at all and continue to pound your body until you are forced to take a break. The first graph illustrates this. Depending on the frequency of the workouts and the intensity of the workouts, the red line may meet the overtraining line sooner. Notice how quickly the red line slopes up to start with. This is due to the fact that no rise period was built into that program.
The second graph shown below is slightly different than the first one. The program being used in the second illustration realizes that overtraining is getting closer, so some tactics are used to slow it down. The slowing down, which may represent a decrease in volume, is not enough and the trainee ends up going above the overtraining line. This program is also no good.
Any program that causes you
to overtrain is no good!
Both of the programs in the previous graphs reach the overtraining line and will lead to little or no progress when you start cycling them over the year. It's no fun to overtrain because you lose interest in lifting weights, lose motivation in your life, lose your appetite, and you might even become sick.
Cumulative Fatigue on WLC
The third graph shows a fatigue plot that will be similar to the WLC program for every individual. You can see the built in techniques and the effect they have on the fatigue. Fatigue is slowed down and you are allowed to go further into your training cycle with much more progress than other weight lifting programs.
Bye Bye Overtraining.
This is WLC!
Overtraining is never reached in the WLC program because the final weeks have guidelines to follow to prevent reaching that overtraining line. You are instructed to discontinue weight lifting in the final weeks when you are reaching failure on the majority of your exercises. This guideline gets you close, but keeps you from crossing that overtraining line. We want to get close so we can build as much muscle as possible, but we don't want to cross it!
Get close, but
Don't cross the line!
The WLC program allows you to progress cycle after cycle without the worry of overtraining. Continuous progress is the quickest way to reach your goals. With WLC, you will reach your goals!
WLC Recovery Techniques
Don't forget to read about recovery techniques built into the WLC program on the WLC page! You'll learn how to prevent the build up of too much fatigue. Sleep, Diet, and Water Intake are all very important in preventing overtraining. Learn how to rest more, relax more, and use forms of massage to prevent cumulative fatigue! You'll feel great while on the WLC program and you'll be motivated to continue.
Learn your body.
Prevent Overtraining.
The better you become at learning your body, the better you will be at preventing the build up of cumulative fatigue. When you prevent the build up of fatigue, you prevent overtraining! The longer you progress, the more muscle you build, and the more fat you lose! You'll reach your goals in no time with WLC.
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