Doing accessories throughout the week

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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I want to add more accessories volume to my workouts (neglected calves for example). I have no room in my schedule to add more time or days because of a newborn at home (already do 3 days a week at 2 hours a piece.)

The only thing that I can think of that would work is since I have a home gym I can easily squeeze in a set at random times throughout the week. So I imagine I would have a goal of X sets in a week and just fulfill it whenever or however I can. On it’s face it sounds like a good idea because volume is volume. But since my goal is hypertrophy with these, I’m not so sure its an effective solution. I don’t know if it doesn’t meet some kind of intra-workout minimum stress to actually contribute to hypertrophy while still adding unnecessary (if it’s not helpful) fatigue.

Thoughts?

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It doesn’t sound to me like you have an alternative, since your schedule is so packed. While it may be difficult to generate enough fatigue from doing a set or two randomly throughout the week, if you take the sets close enough to failure you could probably still get the benefits you’re looking for. Myo-rep work is pretty time efficient from this standpoint as well.

Give it a try and see how it goes.