Training

Why your first eight weeks should feel too easy

Every beginner wants to feel wrecked after a session, because soreness feels like proof. It is not. It is a signal that you did more than you had adapted to, and it costs you the next two sessions.

The first eight weeks of any sensible programme should leave you finishing each session thinking you could have done one more set. That surplus is what lets you train four times a week instead of twice.

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