Fitness Log

[ExtraMile]

only way to really find out is start working out for longer now and see if you make worse/better progress than you are right now when you keep your sessions short. If my taking longer you do more exercises then that will throw this all out the window, you gotta just take more time in between sets and stuff...

 

[Andalite]

only way to really find out is start working out for longer now and see if you make worse/better progress than you are right now when you keep your sessions short. If my taking longer you do more exercises then that will throw this all out the window, you gotta just take more time in between sets and stuff...

x2 good points

 

[ExtraMile]

i may have made that unclear, i meant dont go adding in more exercises to make the workout longer, because then if you make differant progress it could be either overtraining from doing more lifts, or it could be the extra assistance was all that helped you. ie only change one thing and keep the rest the same so you can determine if it was that one thing that made a differance or not. In this case the one thing would be total workout time.

 

[Andalite]

i may have made that unclear, i meant dont go adding in more exercises to make the workout longer, because then if you make differant progress it could be either overtraining from doing more lifts, or it could be the extra assistance was all that helped you. ie only change one thing and keep the rest the same so you can determine if it was that one thing that made a differance or not. In this case the one thing would be total workout time.

That is what I thought you meant. I agree with that. Just take longer between sets, have a shake with some simple carb in it and see if you get stronger.

 

[Tblock1]

Yeah I used to be able to workout forever...like I literally could have kept going for hours and hours, but that was when I was doing machines and isolation free weights. Noe after 1.5 hours I start feeling like getting the fuck out of the gym. Also on yesterday's workout I had NOTHING as a pre-workout meal, which really sucked. So I was hungry during the workout. I think maybe I will try that workout shake idea sometimes andalite.

 

[Andalite]

Try it out. If it doesn't work then you don't need to continue it. I for one will not workout without a workout shake ever again.

 

[Dogfox]

Okay but I remember reading that all the olympic coaches training their atheletes around this rule.....

im with you on the long workouts.
cortisol is also released much earlier than 2 hours, eats up the muscle. An intra workout supp of carbs and protein prevents this but most ppl just drink it as they go, not realizing that blood is diverted from thier digestive tract to working skeletal muscle. So drinking and letting it 'sit' for a while before continuing is more preferable - either way anything over an hour of lifting is unnecessary. No matter the training.
and doing over 2 hrs alot is retarded unless you are a juicer.

 

[Tblock1]

im with you on the long workouts.
cortisol is also released much earlier than 2 hours, eats up the muscle. An intra workout supp of carbs and protein prevents this but most ppl just drink it as they go, not realizing that blood is diverted from thier digestive tract to working skeletal muscle. So drinking and letting it 'sit' for a while before continuing is more preferable - either way anything over an hour of lifting is unnecessary. No matter the training.
and doing over 2 hrs alot is retarded unless you are a juicer.

Thanks for checking out my log bro! I agree, don't seen any reason to go over an 1 or at most 1.5 hours. Andalite's goals are not hypertrophy though, so he is probably not concerned.

 

[Tblock1]

Friday 3/26/10

Deadlift
1x6x135 (over)
1x5x205 (over)
1x2x285 (over)
1x2x315 (mixed)
1x3x375 (mixed, belt, chalk)
1x5x375 PR (mixed, belt, chalk, straps)

Good mornings
2x5x205 PR (belt)
1x2x205

1 handed deadlift
1x1x255 (strap)
1x1x275 PR
1x1x295 (couldn't quite lockout though)

static holds (skipped)

Nelson calves
1x46x160 (chose a little heavy weight for this )

hypers
skipped

gripper work
reps at 150

Comments:
Awesome workout! I was going to write shit about how this workout sucked because I only got 3 the first set. I've had a tendon problem for a couple weeks now in my right hand in the oinky and ring fingers, and it really acted up today and I couldn't even grip the bar by the 4th rep. But I knew I could pull more, so I decided to use straps and got 5 reps easy after the 3 reps. Any advice on the tendon pain?

 

[Dogfox]

Thanks for checking out my log bro! I agree, don't seen any reason to go over an 1 or at most 1.5 hours. Andalite's goals are not hypertrophy though, so he is probably not concerned.

Best log on here why wouldnt i?

Keep destroying the iron!