posted Tue, 01/26/2016 - 03:58
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Shocking the muscle
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So I wached an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger and he talks about tricking and shocking the muscle. He says that the muscle learns what your routine is and can slow down muscle growth. I work the same muscle group on the same day every week. Obviously I go up in weight when I can, and always push myself to failure. But do you think changing routine every week is important to maximise muscle growth ? Whats your workout routine ? I'm very interested in your thoughts and experience.
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You make progress, why change smt?! Only reconsider smt when you stagnate or when the progress is ultra slow.
You would need to be more specific on it.
When you mean, changing by doing smt different (reps, exercises, set, etc.) then yes, simply periodiziation.
But let's take the simplest form of "changing" smt. ie increasing the weight from week to week (which is not realistic but let's take it for the sake of simplicity) then you're already changing something, aren't you?
Progressive overload is the keyword here and thus you can achieve by a great variety of methods.
Hi mate. Thanks for your input, I'm really happy doing it the way I am. I just wanted to know if there was any point in changing it up each week. I always push my myself in the gym, even try weight that I know I can't do, but i have to push myself to know where I'm at.
Are you still unclear on whether or not you need to change it up each week?
Hi Makwa. I've done a little research, from what I've found most people stick to a set workout. so still not sure what to do. I do like routine and want to stay with that. But if it's better to mix it up each week I would do it. Thanks for asking.
You answered all your questions yourself.
You like what you're doing, you are progressing so why switch things up? Find what works best for you!
"Shocking a muscle" is simply progressive overload.
I have some progressive overload principles in this series that may clear things up for you and give you better direction.
https://www.eroids.com/forum/training-nutrition-diet/workout-exercise/ma...
This is a brilliant article, very in depth. I've only browsed over the main page and from what I've read so far I think I can take a lot from it. I will be reading the the whole lot tonight. Thanks a lot mate. I'll let you know when I've read it all.
As long as you are progressively overloading the muscle you are growing so no need to change if that is happening. So many ways to implement progressive overload (TUT, rest periods, weight, volume, drop sets, supersets, giant sets etc.). You can by with the same general routine for a long time just by manipulating those variables.