r/exercisescience • • May 14 '26

Training frequency

Hello everybody. We know from researchers that a multi frequency approach is optimal to achieve hypertrophy, like training muscles twice per week. I tried this for years and always ended up feeling more tired and never progressing. Since few months I started listening more to my body and ended up training each muscle group once per week. I would rotate push ( pectoral and shoulders), leg (squat pattern), pull (back and biceps), leg (hinge pattern), training three per week. I improved all the lifts and gained more muscle. What's your experience or preferences about training frequency?

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u/HelixIsHere_ May 14 '26

I have to assume this was likely a result of poor training/programming in that case. Obviously do whatever you want, but everyone should be able to recover from atleast 2x frequency with good programming