Group: Experienced Exercise

Experienced Exercise
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 50, Messages: 19484

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Sweeny
Sweeny
Posts: 120
Joined: 2001/07/26
United States
2001/07/08, 09:32 PM

After I have completed my workout sometimes I will do an extra excersise per bodypart for that day. Just to make sure I have completely exhausted that muscle. Is this healthy? Or if I did this a few hours after my workout would that be better?
erin4ever1990
erin4ever1990
Posts: 266
Joined: 2001/06/25
United States
2001/07/09, 02:27 AM
I read an article by a doctor who said that you should try to achieve muscle failure with each work out, depending on your work out (if your working out properly). I am no expert in the field, but that is what I gather from everything I have read.
jbennett
jbennett
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Joined: 2001/02/28
United States
2001/07/09, 10:51 AM
As Erin said above, try to acheive muscle failure DURING your workout. If you wait and work the same muscles later, you're cutting into your much-needed recuperation time. Try resting only 60-75 seconds between sets on major muscle groups (chest, legs, etc), and 45 seconds on smaller muscles (delts, biceps, etc). You'll acheive a more 'complete' failure that way. Also try drop sets, burn-outs, platoon system (21s), supersets..... whatever you can to acheive complete faiure.
BillK
BillK
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Joined: 2000/12/26
United States
2001/07/09, 05:43 PM
After I complete my working set (Very Heavy) I lower my weight and do a good set of 10 - 12.

~billk~