My younger brother runs the Steve Justa program in 8 week blocks always pulling from a deficit - he recently got 260 @ 82kg and looked good for at least another 10kg.
You just have to manage the volume sensibly by starting at the recommended 70% and manage fatigue by not going more that 8 weeks on without 4 weeks off with 1 day per week schedule. Again everyones different. This type of pulling (and setting the bar down every rep) really gets you great at your setup and off the ground.
Last bulk I did deadlifts every other day for 8 weeks. I recently got back into lifting after a drug problem, so my deadlift was 135 for maybe 5 reps at the start of this. By the end I could do almost double that for over 12 reps.
Really worked well for me, I am on AAS though, and I sleep 8-9 hours a night PLUS a 3+ hour nap every afternoon post workout after my pwo meal. I also was eating 4500+ Cals a day with 580 carbs+ a day.
I don’t eat 6k cals a day or have anywhere near 3% bf.
Theres a lot of negative and hateful attitudes on this forum, i’m just trying to discuss bodybuilding out of love for the sport and it seems a lot of people are just here to be assholes and post in the off topic sections, or act like they know better and criticize others in the bodybuilding sections, its kind of sad.
The Bulgarians hand pick kids beginning at a very young age.They have a state sonsored program. Their weightlifters are not siphoned off to pro sports such as football, baseball, etc. They are FULL TIME trainers who don’t need to work for a living.
Additionally you don’t hear about the ones who burn out and drop out. The result is a small group of genetic freaks who are pamered like racehorses.
Unless you train under those conditions, following their program is a mistake IMO. You might get away with it fora while but it WILL catch up to you.
Nobody here is talking about following Bulgarian protocols or anything really even similar.
Adding two a days will only increase your recovery if done faster, as in adding a secondary chest session on your chest day, if done properly, will make you recover faster from the first one.
The point of secondary workouts is a light 15-20 minute pump workout to increase blood flow, protein synthesis, nutrient partitioning, and neural firing. I know at first glance it SOUNDS like working out twice a day can be hard to recover from ,but once you take five minutes to understand the concept its pretty basic.
Bulgarian method is like working out with heavy weights numerous times a day, and they lift probably like 4x the volume I’m discussing at much higher intensity the entire time
Nobody here is talking about light 15-20 minute pump workouts or anything really even similar. Why do you keep bringing up old threads? Do you enjoy starting stupid arguments or do you simply lack self control?
And sorry my bad I sometimes get my threads mixed up, I’m kind of new to forums.
I said that I managed to recover well doing deadlifts every other day. I no longer do this, but the point of the post was that I managed to recover fine doing so, and that people should think more outside of the box when it comes to there training and really experiment and find out what works for them!