Sat, Mar-23-02, 20:51
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Plan: Atkins/Stnry Bike/Physio
Stats: 225/210/155
BF:
Progress: 21%
Location: Powell River, B.C.
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Too Many Exercises
For the last two weeks, week 9 and 10 of BFL, I've increased the number of exercises that I'm doing on the LBWO to include two more muscles. I've also been pretty wiped out and feeling more achey than before. I just came across this bit of infomation from Dr. John Hussman:
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The main thing that builds muscle is stress on the muscle fiber, and the subsequent recovery in a nutrient-rich environment. My impression is that as you extend your routine to 3 or 4 different exercises per body part, you start distributing the fatigue across various portions of the same muscle group, rather than concentrating it on a single set of fibers. That extra recruitment of muscle groups means that you have to spend more time so that you stress them all. And if you're trying to keep your workout under an hour (so that you don't "bonk" your energy sytems), that means you can do fewer body parts per workout. The bottom line is that yes, you can do more exercises per part, but since the main goal is to stress the fibers, so you'll also have to distribute your workouts over a longer set of days before you've hit every body part you want.
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It makes me wonder if I'm distributing the fatigue like he says...over more muscles and 'bonking' my system? I'm interested in any opinions or further information anyone has.
Marlaine |
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