Some background info, I’m a 49 year old male and weigh about 300lbs. Started out last year at 360 so I’ve lost 60lb over the past year and have another 60 to go. Trying to lose about 2lbs a week but not the best at diet adherence. I"ve done your GPP program and just getting started on Powerbuilding 1. My question is about training frequency. Sometimes I feel like I need an extra day of recovery so I take it. I end up averaging about 5 training sessions every two weeks. I feel like the extra day allows me to lift heavier when I do lift. Would I be better off keeping to the 3 days per week program and just going lighter when my recovery isn’t there? Or just keep doing what I’m doing?
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Great work so far on your weight loss progress!
For folks whose primary goal is weight loss, we wouldn’t put too much emphasis on absolute load on the bar on any given training day. For example, if your performance swings a a few % up or down depending on whether you train one day or the next, that isn’t really significant in the context of a weight loss goal, and probably has little impact on muscle growth as well. The more important aspect for this goal is maintaining relatively high levels of physical activity on a consistent basis, so if you are delaying a training session for a pure “rest day” compared to getting more total weekly activity in, that probably isn’t the strategy I’d use here. Hopefully this makes sense.
Makes sense to me. I’m much better off doing something and losing weight even if it’s not going to get my deadlift to 500 lbs. My rest day is usually a “pure rest” day that consists of coming home from work and watching Alan Thrall videos on Youtube. Thanks for the response.