The following three paragraphs seem to be the key to this particular article:
“Of course, just because you only have a few hours to train every week doesn’t mean you can’t get bigger and stronger. It just means you have to pick a routine that’s more suited to your lifestyle and abilities.”
“The optimal training splits for the everyman and woman are full body, push/pull, and upper/lower. These splits allow you to scale your goals to be more realistic and easier to conquer. Instead of trying to tack on long workouts on top of an already busy workweek, all you’ll need are 3-4 sessions per week of 30-60 minutes.”
“On Wednesday, life throws you a curve ball and you can’t go to the gym. You continue your body-part split plan on Thursday, but get thrown off again on Friday when your kiddo gets the flu or your job runs overtime. The next time chest day rolls around, it’s been well over a week since you last hit your pecs. If that happens often, you’re going to end up training chest just two or three times a month!”
This article reads as permission for lifters to utilize other methods, if their schedule doesn’t allow them to prioritize their time in the gym. I’m sure you just read the title.
I do not think anyone is disputing the physique of elite crossfitters, but as you said, they are “assisted”. Some look like offseason builders (without considering proportions).
So elite CFs does not BBsplit are assisted and are achieving similar results as nattys using BBsplits. I’d say the BBsplit is working fine then.
Elite CFs, who use PEDS, have a similar muscle mass as natural BBers.
No, it’s an upfront way of saying “hey, if you have a life outside the gym and can’t devote 2 hours a day, 5 days a week, you don’t have to lift this way.”
I am a guy that has won a handful of local strongman and powerlifting competitions, with a verifiable record. When I speak on those topics, my words at least hold some weight.
I do not know who you or this author are; why should I care about these opinions?
It’s great to have other views, but not ok to say that other peoples views and way of doing things doesn’t work (when it clearly does) or are wrong because of your own views.
Did you get your information about this from CT? I can see you have posted in his part of the forum.
CT approach is indeed very influential on the way I train. I had a hard time mentally switching to high freq training but gave it a try last year. I am still experimenting on variations but now I am making progress without being drained.
And Yes I did Crossfit for two years, eight years ago.
has nothing to do with time in the gym, all about your capacity to recover
