Pumps = Big Deal???

[xonic2xonic2]

To me pumps feel great but really don't seem to indicate much at all (how good the gear is etc.)

I find that provided I am eating and resting OK, I get decent pumps whenever I do HIGHER REP training. For me that is 10-12 reps. I don't get pumps from 2-6 rep sets that are supposed to be best for building mass.

So bottom line is for me I don't think pumps mean squat, just a nice feeling from blood plasma buildup....

 

[jeb0177]

So bottom line is for me I don't think pumps mean squat, just a nice feeling from blood plasma buildup....

BINGO!

 

[xonic2xonic2]

So what is that when folks are saying they are on this or that and getting wicked pumps? Are they just doing more reps?

Like I said, for me it is not a function of juice it's just doing higher reps with decent weights and good form.... on or off!

I hear about water retention increasing pressure on the spine and contributing to back pumps but thats something different then...

Another thing I find is that yeah sometimes I get back pumps and shin splints from running BUT I know for a fact that this is only because of my body weight! Any time I go over 225lbs those areas can't handle it too well.

 

[OMEGA]

I go my pump

if I can't get it I wont do it.....

 

[Dial_tone]

Do you have often have a good workout without getting a pump? Me = almost never.

 

[OMEGA]

I am going to create a thread on this topic

espicially in regard to exercise choices as well

 

[WD30]

no pump=not a good workout...nuff said

 

[slash747]

Correct me if Im wrong but when you get a pump does'nt it mean that youre body it trying to supply nutrients/oxygen to the muscle?

Im the same way low reps/high weight, high rest in between, sets give me no pumps and those weeks that I usually go for strength dont really get any size. The weeks that I do medium weight low rest 30-45 seconds rest between sets, I get wicked wicked pumps and also notice the best gains.

 

[out of control]

Do you have often have a good workout without getting a pump? Me = almost never.(DIAL TONE)
So true couldn't have said it better

 

[junk]

Pumps are not a physical scientific indication of a good workout. It's only serves as a mental indication of a good workout.

I know when I have a good workout when I have the greatest ability to recruit the most muscle fibers to lift the weights. Through improved CNS stimulation.

I can have the greatest pump in my biceps while on DBOLS but actually have a pretty average workout. On dbols I always get insane pumps regarless of how good or productive the workout really was. On the other hand, I can be OFF cycle with 50mg of ephedrine HCl and have a much better biceps workout yet without feeling as much pump.