Training volume on gear - are you doing more or just recovering faster?

[Jock]

Been enhanced 8 years now and I keep hearin lads say they train way more volume on a blast. In ma experience the gear mainly lets me recover faster from the same work rather than handle 3x the sets. Curious what others actually do. Do ye genuinely add loads of volume on blast or just keep the trainin similar and let the recovery do the work?

[Beantown Rick]

Same conclusion after years of trying it both ways. On blast I add maybe one extra working set per exercise and sometimes an extra session, but nothing dramatic. The compound does the work on recovery. Guys who go mental with volume on blast seem to end up injured more often.

[Davo]

Exactly right. The gear improves the signal to noise ratio - every set counts more and you recover faster so you can train again sooner. That is not the same as tripling your sets. I train 4 days on blast, 3 days cruising, and the program changes very little other than the weight going up.

[FLbodybuilder]

This is reassuring. I was planning to go from 4 to 6 days on my upcoming blast and now thinking maybe that is overkill. Probably keep 4 days and just push the intensity harder on those days.