Comment by sedivy94
14 hours ago
Novelty of stimulus is a huge factor, especially as training continues over years. Failure from a set of 20 is very different than failure from a set of 5, and bodybuilders will periodize their training to cycle through the different flavors of stimulus. I think a big contributor might be neuromuscular adaptation. Cycling through those different intensities over training periods measured in months will make this apparent anecdotally.
They mostly cycle for health (injury prevention) and sanity (not to do the same damn thing).
> bodybuilders will periodize their training to cycle through the different flavors of stimulus
Some will, many won’t. It’s clearly not necessary.