Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Going backwards

agamble
agamble
Posts: 1,029
Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2004/03/07, 08:05 AM
When I lift heavy (low reps) I do good for about 2-3 weeks and then I seem to go backwards. It's as if my strength decreases and my motivation drops. I take a week off and go back and it's back up and I usually have an awesome week in all workouts. I don't really like or want to take off every 3 or 4 weeks. I've heard people talk about light days/heavy days. Should I work hard (high weight/low reps) for 2 weeks and then go light (low weight/high reps) for a week? Actually I would rotate muscle groups. Is this method something that is utilized by anyone? If so, provide some feedback. Also is there a term used to describe this method? If so, I can search it out. Thanks
asimmer
asimmer
Posts: 8,201
Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2004/03/07, 03:12 PM
I think maybe you are wearing yourself out - try lifting lighter weight, higher reps (12) once a week and heavy the other days, rotate which muscle group gets the lighter day each week. I think that should help. I don't know if there is a term for this kind of cycle - anyone??