Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews

Author:Michael Matthews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oculus Publishers
Published: 2020-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

When used correctly, this approach allows you to thread the needle between stress and recuperation, by providing enough stimulus in the way of volume and weight to keep progressing, but not so much as to court injury, overtraining, or burnout.

This is why athletes of all stripes, including bodybuilders, gymnasts, runners, basketball, football, and soccer players—even surfers—use periodization in their training.196

How Does Periodization Work?

To understand how periodization works, it helps to grasp a bit of its history, which stretches back to research conducted in the early 1950s by a Hungarian endocrinologist named Hans Selye.197

Selye developed a theory about how we respond to stress known as the general adaptation syndrome, which states that the body responds to stress—including exercise—in three phases:198

Alarm, where the body initially responds to the stressor (increased heart rate, stress hormones, etc.).

Adaptation, where the body recovers and gets stronger if given enough rest.

Exhaustion, where the body fails to recover and gets weaker because of too little rest.

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