How Often Do U Change Ur Workout

[rolinhgh]

HOW OFTEN DO U GUYS CHANGE UR WORKOUTS UP I USUALLY CHANGE MINE UP EVERY 6 TO 8 WEEKS.
IS THIS GOOD OR BAD?
WHAT IS THE LONGEST U HAVE RUN THE SAME WORKOUT?

 

[pajaro loco]

WHEN I FEEL THAT I AM NOT DELEVERING ENOUGH QUANTITY OF BLOOD INTO MY MUSCLES, THE PUMP! I DON,T REALLY STICK WITH ONE UNIQUE ROUTINE, I CHANGE EVERYTHING WHEN I FEEL THAT SOMETHING ISN,T WORKING ANYMORE.

 

[vinylgroover]

Hardly ever. I mean there are only so many useful exercises which deliver maximum results. I don't believe in the muscle 'shocking' principle. It makes no sense. To mix things up for the sake of it makes even less sense. Stick to basic compound movements for the core of your workout and you can't go wrong

 

[gymtime]

Hardly ever. I mean there are only so many useful exercises which deliver maximum results. I don't believe in the muscle 'shocking' principle. It makes no sense. To mix things up for the sake of it makes even less sense. Stick to basic compound movements for the core of your workout and you can't go wrong

I couldn't disagree more. I can see keeping basically the same compound movements, but isolation excercises should be changed up every now and then. I can't imagine doing the same workout week after week. How boring is that.

 

[vinylgroover]

It's not about boredom, it's whether you are growing or not. If you change your workout simply because of boredom, then you need to re-evaluate what you're doing.

If a current workout is yielding good results and has done so over a long period of time, why change? Because of boredom. Hardly sounds like a good reason to me.

 

[gymtime]

It's not about boredom, it's whether you are growing or not. If you change your workout simply because of boredom, then you need to re-evaluate what you're doing.

If a current workout is yielding good results and has done so over a long period of time, why change? Because of boredom. Hardly sounds like a good reason to me.

ANY workout will stop yeilding results after a while, that's when it's time for a change. To work a muscle completely, you need different excercises, different weights, different angles, to work out different parts of the muscle. Doing the same workout over and over, year after year, is a waste of time.

 

[doubles1]

i change about once a month just different compound movements to other ones...and try to mix things up...i probably end up cycling the same thigns but their always in differnt orders...like one month do flat benching and then the next leave it out next month and put in something like flat dumbells

 

[vinylgroover]

I think you need to seriously re-assess what you're doing. Sounds to me like you use the 'muscle confusion' principle to compensate for the fact you're not working hard enough, in the belief that it will deliver the results you're looking for.

I've been on the same program for ages, and it has never ceased to work for me

 

[Thaibox]

I think you need to seriously re-assess what you're doing. Sounds to me like you use the 'muscle confusion' principle to compensate for the fact you're not working hard enough, in the belief that it will deliver the results you're looking for.

I've been on the same program for ages, and it has never ceased to work for me

The human body has an amazing ability to adapt. This is exactly what BBs don't want to happen. Physiologically, its simply common sense to mix things up. I rarely do the same workout twice. I train by instinct and always do different lifts or change the order of my lifts.

But, vinylgroover, if you truly think this is the best for you, and its working, cool, keep it up.

 

[gymtime]

I think you need to seriously re-assess what you're doing. Sounds to me like you use the 'muscle confusion' principle to compensate for the fact you're not working hard enough, in the belief that it will deliver the results you're looking for.

I've been on the same program for ages, and it has never ceased to work for me

You think a lot for someone who's not very bright. Of course it's always worked for you. You and about a million other guys who go to the gym every week and do the same routine over and over. Their routines don't change, and they wonder why they don't change. But hey, if it's "working" for you, knock yourself out.