http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/ Relentless ... no retreat, no surrender! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=0.32 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168692 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:06:13 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168692 Nice blog. I have been trying out lowering the weight on my last set and going slower. Feels completely different. Nice blog. I have been trying out lowering the weight on my last set and going slower. Feels completely different.

]]> http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168472 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:26:37 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168472 I defenitly agree with the slower reps I defently feel like I get more out of it. However with me it seems the harder and more I go the better I do with more gains in the off time. When I was making the most gains is when I do 6-8 weeks of 2 a days an 1 to 1 1/2 each time on a body part. After that 6-8 weeks I take a week off. But I have only been lifting about a year so maybe my growth would happen no matter what. But I also feel I get a lot more out of those workouts. I defenitly agree with the slower reps I defently feel like I get more out of it. However with me it seems the harder and more I go the better I do with more gains in the off time. When I was making the most gains is when I do 6-8 weeks of 2 a days an 1 to 1 1/2 each time on a body part. After that 6-8 weeks I take a week off. But I have only been lifting about a year so maybe my growth would happen no matter what. But I also feel I get a lot more out of those workouts.

]]> http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168362 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:45:03 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/PulgasStrongMan/2008/02/09/my-body-adapting-it-is-like-a-sun-tan/#comment-1168362 Great blog man! I have adapted many similar principals lately and I'm on a program that really emphasizes the rest days. You definitely grow on your rest days, not while you're in the gym, so more rest = more size. And what you said about slower reps is dead on, you get all your size during the negative portion of the lift because while you lower the weight you are stretching your muscles out and if you do it slowly then your muscles contract to fight this tendency to stretch out, that's where you do all the "damage" or "exposure" as you put it, but in a good way. It takes time for most people, including myself, to submit to these concepts because they seem so backwards. But it really does work, less is more, and you definitely seem to understand that now, good job! Keep lifting smart bro, you've had great results and will continue to do so. Great blog man! I have adapted many similar principals lately and I’m on a program that really emphasizes the rest days. You definitely grow on your rest days, not while you’re in the gym, so more rest = more size. And what you said about slower reps is dead on, you get all your size during the negative portion of the lift because while you lower the weight you are stretching your muscles out and if you do it slowly then your muscles contract to fight this tendency to stretch out, that’s where you do all the "damage" or "exposure" as you put it, but in a good way. It takes time for most people, including myself, to submit to these concepts because they seem so backwards. But it really does work, less is more, and you definitely seem to understand that now, good job! Keep lifting smart bro, you’ve had great results and will continue to do so.

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