Doing same exercise over and over again.....No GOOD??

[Semidevil]

Hi,


I was wondering, what do you guys think about doing the same exercise over and over, day after day? I hear mix reviews on those. Some said that if you do the same exercise day after day, your body will get use to it and you won't get any result. However; some people said that as long as it works, it doesn't matter if you do the same exercises day after day after day.


what do you guys think?

 

[slobberknocker]

do it until you plateau, then switch to something else that hits the same muscles

 

[rjl296]

im almost always switching, but the exercises are hitting the same muscles, and are usually closely related, ie
3 board press, floor press

bb row- chins
etc

 

[thebrute]

well...doing that means that your body will get used to the movements and instead of it being "training"..it will be "routine" and your muscles will adapt. you have to keep them guessing!! change it up week to week..by keepin them confused you make your muscles adapt and grow. you can gain a shitload of muscle and strength this way. tb

 

[red_evil]

the westside routine changes exercises every two weeks.....

 

[slobberknocker]

the westside routine changes exercises every two weeks.....

on my wsb routine i change me moves every week, and keep accessory moves the same until gains stall, then i switch

 

[red_evil]

i used to follow the two week rotation louis recommended on his tapes. i liked it a lot, but we've switched our bench program to MM style. i'm excited to see how that works out.

 

[muscledog95]

I dont think its nessacary to switch lifts as much as some people lead on to believe

 

[needsize]

as long as you can keep adding resistance to the exercise, there is no reason to stop it

 

[casualbb]

Of course you can do the same exercises. The idea that muscles need to be "confused" or left "guessing" is... well... a myth. Muscles aren't little thinking creatures that say "oh look, new exercise! I guess we'd better grow now." They only know tension. If something is heavier than they're used to they'll grow. The reason switching exercises sometimes works is that some muscles will experience tension in new ways.

Of course, this is all assuming you want to grow and nothing else. For strength training purposes, switching exercises can be useful as it causes movement-specific neural strength gains that can carry over to other movements.

 

[slobberknocker]

Of course, this is all assuming you want to grow and nothing else. For strength training purposes, switching exercises can be useful as it causes movement-specific neural strength gains that can carry over to other movements.

Yeah, and going really heavy on the same thing week after week just burns you out.

 

[Dave949]

Ive been doing squats for two decades......and they ain`t felt routine to me yet !!!!!

Ya know......IMHO..... lil changes here and there can make a mental as well as a muscle difference without changing the exercise but simply changing other things like reps schemes, different rest time in between sets, switching the order of the exercises around, (squats first switch to squats last etc.) rest pause, super set same muscle group etc.

Having said that...... the only exercises I ever really change around are mostly for the smaller muscle groups (bi`s, tri`s, delts, etc.) The big compund lifts are the mainstay and to be quite honest I never really get bored with them. For example, yesterday I did bent over barbell rows but for a change of pace I lowered the weight a lil but at the top of the movement for each rep I held it up against my lower rib cage and squeezed like a mofo
for 3 - 4 seconds. It was the same ol rows but still different.............

 

[RusPA81]

I always like to keep my core exercises more or less the same, unless I plateau. I change assistance exercises frequently.

 

[WalkingBeast]

By day after day do you mean like 4-7 days a week? That Im not so sure about, but some prisoners would tend to disagree. Getting huge on push-ups and dips day after day. I believe that doing an exercise up to twice a week (atleast for me) can be great for progressing in that one exercise. But after seeing how variations like speed bench,rack pulls,etc can strengthen these movements Id say to mix them up a little. For example Deadlifts til you hit a plateau, then switch to the rack til you hit a plateau, then back to deads off the floor. That type off thing. I think its also very important to manipulate your reps constsantly to keep hitting PR's. For example If you get 315 for 10 on the flat bench, try 325 for 8 or 300 for 14-15. Keeps your body used to different resistance and keeps your training fresh. Or you can set a number like 6 repetitions. As soon as you hit 6 reps with say 315, move it up to 320 for 6. Also you can change your routine from focusing on Rep PR's to focusing on 1RM maxes. These techniques have been helping me majorly in the last few weeks. Hope that helps

 

[Exodus]

i always change something. either the weight, reps, rest time between sets or angle of the lift.

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