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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Meso_z on October 05, 2008, 02:58:35 PM
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To get into the next "set"?
You know these tools who workout exactly 45,764125712374682t34182371 minutes, drink 1,2348732480184 litres of water during and wait for 30,32482721471234562142983041238476473624982348263464 seconds to get into the next set or else they will "spare" 2,342134234234 lbs of their "fat-free" musclemass?
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yes there is one guy who sets his stopwatch between sets. Decent physique, decent guy i have no issue with him
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If only everyone could be as cool as you
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My favorite are the TOOLS who come get their 15 minute pump on and off they go. Phuggin CLOWNS!!
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I always check my clock so I dont rest too long.. always keep under a minute.
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My favorite are the TOOLS who come get their 15 minute pump on and off they go. Phuggin CLOWNS!!
Father son duo come in do that, 30mins absolute tops. They had a leg chest workout on sat.
The dad is in good shape. Reps out 80's on the flat DB press. One day though ill bump up to 105's...pretty nice negative. That was it
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I always check my clock so I dont rest too long.. always keep under a minute.
yea, dont wanna rest 2 minutes now... gotta save that pump ::) ::)
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I never ever rest under 2 mins unless i am seriously pushed for time and have to finish the remainder of workout in like 30mins
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Father son duo come in do that, 30mins absolute tops. They had a leg chest workout on sat.
The dad is in good shape. Reps out 80's on the flat DB press. One day though ill bump up to 105's...pretty nice negative. That was it
My leg and chest w/o are typically an hour each. Than I do 20 to 30 minutes of cardio 4x's a week. And these 15 minute slobs wonder why they look the way they do.
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Not that i was staring but its a real small gym, 30'x60'. Was leg pressing with seriously maybe 100lbs then leg extensions then i seen inclines on a smith machine. Then i went and got showered
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i use a watch and make sure i rest 2 mins inbetween sets, you got a problem with that twink?
Ide rather be looking at my watch then staring at other guys working out like the Topic starter probably does.
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who are you talking to?
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most guys in my gym use a notepad and pen because it's hard to remember whether they got 10 reps instead of 11 on a particular exercise
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I'm not checking my watch anymore or writing in a notebook from now on, because I might be considered unKOOL and not fit in.
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most guys in my gym use a notepad and pen because it's hard to remember whether they got 10 reps instead of 11 on a particular exercise
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LOL.
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most guys in my gym use a notepad and pen because it's hard to remember whether they got 10 reps instead of 11 on a particular exercise
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..and thats not ok with you?
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I dont see how people struggle to remember their workouts. Unless you train to failure every set and the reps might be hard to remember.
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I'm not checking my watch anymore or writing in a notebook from now on, because I might be considered unKOOL and not fit in.
Good catch.
I'll be flaring my imaginary lats & staring down the dumbbell rack in the time I used to check my watch.
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..and thats not ok with you?
i just don't understand why it is important to know whether you got 10 or 11 reps on a particular exercise
if it's important shouldn't you be able to remember?
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To get into the next "set"?
You know these tools who workout exactly 45,764125712374682t34182371 minutes, drink 1,2348732480184 litres of water during and wait for 30,32482721471234562142983041238476473624982348263464 seconds to get into the next set or else they will "spare" 2,342134234234 lbs of their "fat-free" musclemass?
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I time my sets every few training cycles when I need to be more efficient than usual, i.e. if I'm doing many exercises and many sets in the workout. You get really pressed for time if you want your workout to be done in less than an hour and fifteen minutes, especially if you're doing full-body or Upper/Lower-body sessions.
But if you're just doing a regular bodypart split a la Chest/biceps, Back/triceps, etc you don't really need to time your workouts as an hour is PLENTY of time to thoroughly stimulate those muscles.
I still fail to see how all this bothers you though ;D
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whatever works, works.
for me...i trainhowever i feel like training. if i want to lift heavy ill lift heavy. if i want a pump set ill do a pump set and if i want to rest 5 minutes inbetween a set then ill rest 5 minutes in between a set. sometimes ill want to workout for 2 hours sometimes after 20mins ill feel tired and worn out so ill leave.
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whatever works, works.
for me...i trainhowever i feel like training. if i want to lift heavy ill lift heavy. if i want a pump set ill do a pump set and if i want to rest 5 minutes inbetween a set then ill rest 5 minutes in between a set. sometimes ill want to workout for 2 hours sometimes after 20mins ill feel tired and worn out so ill leave.
you must be huge
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If I had such an awsome memory like you guys, I wouldnt bother writing down the weight and number of reps for every exercise, but I dont, so I guess I'm unKOOL and not "with it" and dont "fit in" .
If you train to failure its pretty important I recon that you know how much you did last time to push urself past it the next time.
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you must be huge
my idol is a curly haired stud from the netherlands
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If I had such an awsome memory like you guys, I wouldnt bother writing down the weight and number of reps for every exercise, but I dont, so I guess I'm unKOOL and not "with it" and dont "fit in" .
If you train to failure its pretty important I recon that you know how much you did last time to push urself past it the next time.
Trianing to failure is daft,
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Trianing to failure is daft,
That statement is "daft" to each their own buddy.
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Ok.
For better results training to failure is not ideal
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i just don't understand why it is important to know whether you got 10 or 11 reps on a particular exercise
if it's important shouldn't you be able to remember?
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its so they can beat it the next time they workout, you know they expect to get that 12th rep on that 13th exercise ::)
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Ok.
For better results training to failure is not ideal
explain
failure training is the only way you can push your muscles beyond previous stress and have progressive overload
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i just don't understand why it is important to know whether you got 10 or 11 reps on a particular exercise
if it's important shouldn't you be able to remember?
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Depends what you're doing. If I'm alternating volume/heavy or doing something like power/rep/shock on a 4 way split, there's no way I'd remember what I got over a week ago.
I know what you mean. If you just push yourself hard, then you've pushed yourself hard. Keeping records shows you if you're getting stale, or the impact a dietary change is having tho.
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To get into the next "set"?
You know these tools who workout exactly 45,764125712374682t34182371 minutes, drink 1,2348732480184 litres of water during and wait for 30,32482721471234562142983041238476473624982348263464 seconds to get into the next set or else they will "spare" 2,342134234234 lbs of their "fat-free" musclemass?
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Calm down, sheila, normal people don't spend hours and hours in the gym like you, because you have nothing else.
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Calm down, sheila, normal people don't spend hours and hours in the gym like you, because you have nothing else.
I guess you are on eof these guys too?
haha, oh boy. ::)
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I guess you are on eof these guys too?
haha, oh boy. ::)
Quality versus quantity, hope you can tell the difference. ;)
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for me , every workout was different
if I've had a big day at work , poundage's are lighter and rest is longer
just started lifting before work now this last week
definitely stronger
feel so fresh in the morning , shorter rest breaks (2 mins max )
go to work feeling like I can pick up the truck
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I don't check my watch -- I can pretty much approximate my rest times between sets quite accurately.
However, I feel it's critical to bring my log book with me into the gym to record everything. Not just sets and reps, but rep style (strict form, decent form, explosive, partial reps, forced reps, drop sets, etc.), order of exercises (e.g. one workout start off with Incline DB presses, next workout it might be my 3rd exercise and therefore my poundages will be less, etc.), time of the day I'm working out, whether I ate good that day or if I didn't get enough meals in, whether I got enough sleep the night before, approx. length of rest periods between sets, whether I was dealing with an injury at the time.....endless number of factors, but important to record and look back on it and learn from mistakes. I don't know about you guys, but I can't remember all of the things I mentioned above and still work a full time job and take care of my family.
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I don't check my watch -- I can pretty much approximate my rest times between sets quite accurately.
However, I feel it's critical to bring my log book with me into the gym to record everything. Not just sets and reps, but rep style (strict form, decent form, explosive, partial reps, forced reps, drop sets, etc.), order of exercises (e.g. one workout start off with Incline DB presses, next workout it might be my 3rd exercise and therefore my poundages will be less, etc.), time of the day I'm working out, whether I ate good that day or if I didn't get enough meals in, whether I got enough sleep the night before, approx. length of rest periods between sets, whether I was dealing with an injury at the time.....endless number of factors, but important to record and look back on it and learn from mistakes. I don't know about you guys, but I can't remember all of the things I mentioned above and still work a full time job and take care of my family.
why do you think you need to remember all these details ?
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i wonder if any pro bodybuilders who train themselves train with a clock/stop watch and/or 'logbook' of any kind....anybody know?
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i wonder if any pro bodybuilders who train themselves train with a clock/stop watch and/or 'logbook' of any kind....anybody know?
No............they just increase the dosage.
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yea, dont wanna rest 2 minutes now... gotta save that pump ::) ::)
Its more because I dont wanna be in the gym for too long :)
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Its more because I dont wanna be in the gym for too long :)
Tell that to meso_z, he spends hours on hours in the gym. He might as well live there. ::)
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To get into the next "set"?
You know these tools who workout exactly 45,764125712374682t34182371 minutes, drink 1,2348732480184 litres of water during and wait for 30,32482721471234562142983041238476473624982348263464 seconds to get into the next set or else they will "spare" 2,342134234234 lbs of their "fat-free" musclemass?
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That's why these tools never accomplish anything and look like shit.
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That's why these tools never accomplish anything and look like shit.
How many hours do you need to get your "work-out" done?
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I never wear my $100,000 Rolex to the gym,don't wanna scratch it.
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How many hours do you need to get your "work-out" done?
1 or 1-1/2 hours and I don't check my watch like i'm racing it, hell I don't even wear one.
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i just don't understand why it is important to know whether you got 10 or 11 reps on a particular exercise
if it's important shouldn't you be able to remember?
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You're able to remember how much you lifted for how many reps for every set of every exercise of every workout, from week to week? Fuck, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast this morning.
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I always check my clock so I dont rest too long.. always keep under a minute.
im the same way..excpect i rest 90 sec
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explain
failure training is the only way you can push your muscles beyond previous stress and have progressive overload
Its is like tring to jump as far as you can without taking a run up...yes you get so far
Take a run up (cycling weights) and overload the muscles so graduall that way. Works for size and strength