You need to shock your muscles to keep building them = myth

[vinylgroover]

I agree with the original post.

 

[erickthegreat11]

I consider changing the rep scheme shocking/changing it up, for the muscle.

 

[coolcolj]

I don't do it for shocking, I do it becuase I want to give my CNS and tendons time to recover. Ie after a 2 week layoff, I'm not about to go heavy