Overtraining explained a little more

     I been reading what people have been saying about overtraining, and you can tell who's been trying it and making it work, and who hasn't. There are still some issues about how to do it properly, as CT and Mike don't tell you EVERYTHING they do or explain it fully, or they do and it's months later. I have my own regimen that I stick to that's not QUITE what they do, but I come close and I feel since I come close and I'm still gaining, I must be doing it right.
     For one thing, I only train between 45 minutes to an hour, or sometimes I get a wild hair up my butt and I can go for an hour and a half. I don't train HOURS a day...I work full time overnights so I don't have that much time to dedicate to it, the good Lord knows I wish I could. They may train for HOURS a day, but they been doing this CONSISTENTLY for YEARS and worked their way up to that. Don't be too discouraged if you fall short on the time period. The main focus is to have little to no rest period to increase your TUT (Time Under Tension), and go for as long as you can. As long as you do that and your sore 24 hours later, you did it right.
     Also from what I saw from CT's videos is he FINALLY explained why he doesn't do full ROM (Range of Motion) with his bench press: by restricting the motions so they don't hit the sticking point, you keep the muscle under tension, thus furthering your TUT. The beauty of TUT is you don't have to load up the weights to get a huge pump, rather you just keep the muscles under the tension as long as you can and you will build the muscle just the same, if not MORE.
     Just remember that they don't always cut back on form to increase TUT, but it's a good change of pace to help build the muscle effectively. On the days they pyramid set, they're not going to sacrifice the form/ROM for a longer TUT, because they're increasing the weights up to their 1RM (One Rep Max), and going back down. Also, Mike has said that at the end of the workout, they always do either a burnout set (using weights that you just finished your pyramid sets with), or a 5-5-5 set (5 bottom-half reps, 5 top-half reps, and 5 full-range reps). I think there was another, but I'm not sure, because I usually finish with said methods.
     To finish this post off, overtraining isn't for ego lifters. Overtraining is meant to tear down every muscle fiber you have, and that means bumping down the weight until there aren't any plates on the bar and lifting it until you can't anymore. If you want to get serious with training and build good quality muscle, this principle is a good one to follow, even if most people disagree with it, and I hope the people that don't understand, read this and realize there is SOME form of logic behind this method of lifting.