http://jcdfitness.com/2012/05/a-case-for-frequent-squatting/

It is just hard to tell anything about high frequency with an n=1. We know for strength a twice a week frequency is better. We don’t know if adding more days will be even better. All the powerlifting routines do squats or other main exercises more than once a week. 

If you are a bodybuilder, you will be dong lot more exercises than just squats. If you do all that and do squats again for a few more days,you will be screwed.

High frequency works well if you do a few exercises, not go to failure, and if you manipulate the load to manage fatigue.

People are always impressed by personal stories and testimonials. That is how we are wired.It is called availability bias. It says nothing about the probability of it working for 90% of the population.

Anoop - 13 May 2012 01:07 PM

People are always impressed by personal stories and testimonials. That is how we are wired.It is called availability bias. It says nothing about the probability of it working for 90% of the population.

Yes, I’m completely agree

All the internet articles are based on their personal experience or other clients experience. And you know why? Because we as humans are most impressed with personal experience or impressive results. We don’t look at the probability of the events. This is a heuristic or another form of cognitive bias. An other example of how we are not so rational.

This is one reason why people buy lotteries because they saw one or two testimonials of people who became millionaires.  But the probability is one in a million. This is also one reason we are always want to copy the routine of a muscular bodybuilder.

So anytime when you make a decision or you become impressed, ask what made you make that decision. It is usually due to the availability bias.

The deal is that lately I hear/read a lot on daily training, and how it can be beneficial for some
Of cause not everyone can afford or sustain daily/frequent training
I can’t.

Ha. Just came across to this Bret’s article:
http://bretcontreras.com/2011/07/daily-training/

I know it. I have talked to Avg Jon Broz in person in Las Vegas about high frequency training.

Almost everyone is hooked up on high frequency because of Pat Mendez lifting some heavy weights. He is just exceptional and a full time lifter with just one goal. And now he just got banned too!

I am saying it is very depedended on context. You just cannot say high frequency without looking at the goals, recovery aspects,number of exercises, failure training and so forth. This type of a training is complete fail if you go to failure/close to failure and do a number of exercises.You have to have some good recovery to get it to work. When people read that post, it doesn’t say anything about these.