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June 14th 2007 10:46
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"... I come out of every work out sore... for the next few days (the legacy of years of crazy swim training guiding how I lift, I expect). It's never an injury, just honest to God soreness from recruiting everything I've got, and the results of the muscle I have been adding have me very excited; however, I honestly don't see how I can recover faster than I already am in order to move to working out more days per week, and truthfully, given the results, I don't want to tamper with a system that currently seems to be working. What are your thoughts?"
You are doing alot of forced repetitions in your training. I frequently advocate this kind of training for the already initiated. (Beginners should not try these things for awhile.). In fact one of my most googled posts is on the subject of five intense minutes of all out training. Intensity is the key to gains, period. When,however, you engage in forced reps, giant sets, rest-pause reps, negatives, and any of the other techniques I have advocated for the purpose of ramping up intensity,you will be causing enough tissue damage that soreness will dog you. Rejoice is my recommendation. Soreness means that you are doing some productive training. Unless you are truly debilitated, I would not be worried.Yes, its uncomfortable,but its also a badge of courage for weight trainers. I suggest you read my post called "A Sore Subject" for insight into what is and is not "good soreness."
In the old days I used a strategy for leg training that involved starting with the heaviest squat I could for a few reps and then dropping the weight a little and doing more reps and then dropping more weight etc until I reached 30 repetitions. I liked to do this workout on Saturday. The fact is that I could not walk anywhere near normally until Thursday most weeks. I look back on this with a kind of sentimentality. Why? Because I know that I was doing a lot of muscle building in those days and some of that muscle is still with me and making my older years easier for me. Be sore and be happy. Your servant, as always.
"... I come out of every work out sore... for the next few days (the legacy of years of crazy swim training guiding how I lift, I expect). It's never an injury, just honest to God soreness from recruiting everything I've got, and the results of the muscle I have been adding have me very excited; however, I honestly don't see how I can recover faster than I already am in order to move to working out more days per week, and truthfully, given the results, I don't want to tamper with a system that currently seems to be working. What are your thoughts?"
You are doing alot of forced repetitions in your training. I frequently advocate this kind of training for the already initiated. (Beginners should not try these things for awhile.). In fact one of my most googled posts is on the subject of five intense minutes of all out training. Intensity is the key to gains, period. When,however, you engage in forced reps, giant sets, rest-pause reps, negatives, and any of the other techniques I have advocated for the purpose of ramping up intensity,you will be causing enough tissue damage that soreness will dog you. Rejoice is my recommendation. Soreness means that you are doing some productive training. Unless you are truly debilitated, I would not be worried.Yes, its uncomfortable,but its also a badge of courage for weight trainers. I suggest you read my post called "A Sore Subject" for insight into what is and is not "good soreness."
In the old days I used a strategy for leg training that involved starting with the heaviest squat I could for a few reps and then dropping the weight a little and doing more reps and then dropping more weight etc until I reached 30 repetitions. I liked to do this workout on Saturday. The fact is that I could not walk anywhere near normally until Thursday most weeks. I look back on this with a kind of sentimentality. Why? Because I know that I was doing a lot of muscle building in those days and some of that muscle is still with me and making my older years easier for me. Be sore and be happy. Your servant, as always.
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