Recovery From Your Workouts

[DDH]

I did HIT for a while in the early 80s,with a buddy of mine,and I got good results,a 315 deadlift for 15 reps, 275 squat for 20 reps,ass touching my calves,300 bench,nothing to write home about,I have always been a lousy bencher,I think I was 23 at the time,I gained about 10 lbs, but after awhile I hit the wall, I think I might have fried my CNS at that time,for for a while it worked for me,and I have long limbs,skinny wrists,tried HIT again,but just couldn't do it, but at the time it worked for me,some people might be able to do it yr.in and yr.out, but I wasn't able to.

[TexasRanger]

Jun 30, 2018 1:31:36 GMT Michael said:

Whiffet and Silverlooks, Your results are proof that what You do works for You. I do believe as Whiffet and Bruce said there's carryover with each muscle. But have any of You guys experienced not feeling other muscles working when there is suppose to be carryover. Example for me is pull ups and chins. When I do them I concentrate on pulling my elbows down so I feel all the work in my upper back and none in the arms. I learned this from Al Kavadlo.

Exactly!

I learned this trick years ago and use it with my one-armed rows, for example, after it dawned on me when I could feel the movement more in my biceps vs. back (vs the biceps being a secondary muscle in the movement) at certain parts of the row.  This was shortly after I started training again following a biceps tear.   I now do everything I can to make sure my arms stay at a 45 degree angle minimize my biceps engagement and really stretch out my lats/contract my lats. 

Of course, this also gives the biceps a great isometric workout as you're working to keep the weight in a certain position -- when I'm done with a set of rows, I can "feel" it in my biceps (hence I don't really feel the need to do much ibiceps work).

[Michael]

I never feel my biceps working on any back exercise. Whether its, pull ups, chins, inverted rows or one arm rows. I always feel it in my back because I concentrate on pulling with my back. It's a habit. One thing I learned to is this has really keep my shoulders healthy.

[denis]

By early November, we had experienced 2 consecutive workouts with no further progress in any of our sets. We then took 23 days off. We returned to the gym and we were now able to add 10% to the Squat poundages for the same number of reps as our previous squat workout AND we had not performed squats for 30 days!
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[Deleted]

For me, I don't do rest days. When it comes to recovery, I just tone down the volume or focus on something less strenuous like chi kung or deep breathing exercises. Swim from time to time or do a joint loosening workout.