Train your body to be more "efficient?"

[javaguru]

Personally, no two workouts are ever the same for me. I always change up the exercises and their order, bench presses, squats and deads are always in my routine. I generally stay in the 4-8 rep range but do throw in some high rep sets 10-20 reps occasionally.

 

[Transporter]

research is good but experince is the best. i agree with javaguru
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[nikkita]

>I firmly believe if you allow your body to adjust to a certain timeframe, it
>most certainly will. I would venture to guess that the reason most don't
>recover so quickly is most do more than is needed. You can only "damage" a
>muscle so much, that is if it takes 3 sets to cause microtears in the muscle, >will doing more make more and thus be better, or infilict more damage? No,
>and most folks do this. At asome point, you take all the stress off the
>muscle and begin taxing the nervous system instead, and this is what folks
>cannot recover from so quickly.

You made a point here... adaptation is necessary because everybody is different and respond differently to intense workouts.

My opinion is that there always has to be a balance to the equation of training, food and rest.

In my case, I have also worked out 5-6 days per week, but if I miss any of the former components of the equation my progress is stalled and find it difficult to recover. As you say, you can "only damage a muscle so much" (specially without gear).

 

[Lifterforlife]

Personally, no two workouts are ever the same for me. I always change up the exercises and their order, bench presses, squats and deads are always in my routine. I generally stay in the 4-8 rep range but do throw in some high rep sets 10-20 reps occasionally.

Many people do this. I have found for me I like to set up a workout, and stick with it till progress stops. As long as I am making gains, whether in strength, reps, or rest times(really the 3 ways gains are made) for 2-3 weeks, then I have "peaked" on this workout and time to change things.

Much research I have read seems to quantify this approach. The body will adapt to increasingly heavier loads this way, and may indicate gains. Anyway, we are all different, and find out what works for you.

 

[javaguru]

Many people do this. I have found for me I like to set up a workout, and stick with it till progress stops. As long as I am making gains, whether in strength, reps, or rest times(really the 3 ways gains are made) for 2-3 weeks, then I have "peaked" on this workout and time to change things.

Much research I have read seems to quantify this approach. The body will adapt to increasingly heavier loads this way, and may indicate gains. Anyway, we are all different, and find out what works for you.

Don't get me wrong, my core exercises are the ones I track weights and consistently increase; My variance comes in the ancillary movements. I increase my lifts in bench, squat and deadlift but I come from a powerlifting background.

 

[unidentified]

i would have to agree, espeically because its true to some extent, say your job makes you lift heavy objects everyday, and you never even have a full 24 hours to recover... alot of the funatture moviers dont even work out and they get bigger just from moving furnature... ????

 

[Lifterforlife]

Research shows that no more muscle damage is done whether you work out in 2 days or 7 days.

This again leads me to believe folks tax the CNS by doing too much, and this is what they have trouble recovering from.