[zipkid]

I had lunch today with some personal trainers - some of them have trained some of the top bbers - and all concurred on one thing about training for mass - Volume Training. They said no matter what is said or written in magazines today - the guys (esp. those hitting their 30's and 40's) MUST do Volume Training to maximize mass gains. Period.

This just threw me right off. For a Mass Cycle I usually just up my protein / eating and do the typical HIT style of compound, multi-joint exercises.

They all casually stated that a 6 week Volume Training Cycle (using isolation exercises) followed by a 6 week HIT was the way to go for all out maximal mass gains. Seems this shocks & wakes up other muscle fibers not normally used in HIT training and causes a good mass gain in the short term and also allow you to train even better once doing a HIT cycle - as you now have MORE MUSCLE fibers activated.

This goes against EVERYTHING that I have heard about training. I have been hearing over and over that Volume Training was a myth – that no one really does this anymore, as it causes one to over train, etc.

What is your opinion in all of this; does this make sense? What would a program for you look like? What is your philosophy? Say a 12 – 14 week mass gain phase was the goal. That, with a good AAS Cycle at the same time.

ZipKid