Question about muscle confusion

[SF1900]

I’ve been visiting the same gym for 3 years and roughly working out on the same equipment. Yesterday, I visited a gym that had lots of equipment that I’ve never used before. I woke up today and my back has not been this sore in a very long time.

While people say tension is tension and the body does not know what exercise you’re doing, there  must be a reason why my back is more sore after using new machines.

Is muscle confusion the key to muscle growth?!? Many bodybuilders often train in different gyms with different equipment. Maybe this is the reason why they are so big and has little to do with the PEDs.

[Donny]

I’ve been visiting the same gym for 3 years and roughly working out on the same equipment. Yesterday, I visited a gym that had lots of equipment that I’ve never used before. I woke up today and my back has not been this sore in a very long time.

While people say tension is tension and the body does not know what exercise you’re doing, there  must be a reason why my back is more sore after using new machines.

Is muscle confusion the key to muscle growth?!? Many bodybuilders often train in different gyms with different equipment. Maybe this is the reason why they are so big and has little to do with the PEDs.

I would say free weights are another feel to machines but machines are different too in their variations.. could be correct
or it could be you just trained harder impressing the chicks in a new gym 

[Hulkotron]

The Riddle of Steel

[SF1900]

The Riddle of Steel

We will never know! 😰😰😰

[SF1900]

I would say free weights are another feel to machines but machines are different too in their variations.. could be correct
or it could be you just trained harder impressing the chicks in a new gym 

When I walked by a few women, I did spread my lats out like a peacock.

They had so many cool pieces of equipment that I didn’t even use any freeweights for the back workout.

[Royalty]

End of thread

[Grape Ape]

I woke up today and my backside has not been this sore in a very long time.

Get a blood test and see if you were roofied

[mops]

Switching exercises mobilizes different neural pathways.

Specific movement done repeatedly make your nervous become very efficient at coordinating the muscles and firing the right motor units for that movement i.e. motor learning.

Switching to different exercics targeting the same muscle groups forces your brain to engage different motor units.

[Donny]

When I walked by a few women, I did spread my lats out like a peacock.

They had so many cool pieces of equipment that I didn’t even use any freeweights for the back workout.

[SF1900]

Get a blood test and see if you were roofied

You modified my post!

[SF1900]

End of thread

Pipe down you creepy little weirdo.

[Humble Narcissist]

Switching exercises mobilizes different neural pathways.

Specific movement done repeatedly make your nervous become very efficient at coordinating the muscles and firing the right motor units for that movement i.e. motor learning.

Switching to different exercics targeting the same muscle groups forces your brain to engage different motor units.

Probably why Lou never did the same workout twice.

[SF1900]

Switching exercises mobilizes different neural pathways.

Specific movement done repeatedly make your nervous become very efficient at coordinating the muscles and firing the right motor units for that movement i.e. motor learning.

Switching to different exercics targeting the same muscle groups forces your brain to engage different motor units.

This makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

[mops]

IMO, one strong argument in favor of regularly switching exercises isn’t about "shocking the muscle" or progress - it's actually about supporting nerve recovery.

Intense training can damage the myelin sheath (an insulating layer around nerves) through mechanical damage (muscle contractions can compress the nerves, while negative movements stretch them), and chemical degradation (intense weight training triggers inflammation, oxidative stress, and the buildup of metabolic waste.)

Repeating the same movement over and over can lead to gradual desensitization of the targeted muscle. When the same neuromuscular pathway is constantly used, it becomes fatigued, nerve regeneration slows down, and muscle sensation diminishes.

[IroNat]

SF,
I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you.

[Grape Ape]

SF,
I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you.

We'll assume it's some combination of eggs and walmart.

[SF1900]

SF,
I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you.

That’s messed up!

[illuminati]

IMO, one strong argument in favor of regularly switching exercises isn’t about "shocking the muscle" or progress - it's actually about supporting nerve recovery.

Intense training can damage the myelin sheath (an insulating layer around nerves) through mechanical damage (muscle contractions can compress the nerves, while negative movements stretch them), and chemical degradation (intense weight training triggers inflammation, oxidative stress, and the buildup of metabolic waste.)

Repeating the same movement over and over can lead to gradual desensitization of the targeted muscle. When the same neuromuscular pathway is constantly used, it becomes fatigued, nerve regeneration slows down, and muscle sensation diminishes.

Hmmm does this apply to Olympic lifters & powerlifters as they do
the same movements over & over again & improve - are they immune ?

[mops]

Hmmm does this apply to Olympic lifters & powerlifters as they do
the same movements over & over again & improve - are they immune ?

Periodization of loads, sets and repetitions.

Muscle recovery and CNS recovery are two different animals.

Hell, full nervous recovery is fucking slow when training with heavy weights. In theory, the nervous system should recover within 24 hours.

However, after partial recovery, there is a relapse - the process is said to  be biphasic.

The voluntary strength an athlete can produce takes longer to return to normal compared to involuntary strength; if you were to directly stimulate the motor units of the same muscle using an electric current, contraction strength would appear to have already returned to normal.

If your lifts are regressing when everything else seems normal (nutrition, sleep, supplements, etc.) - that's a tell.

[IroNat]

That’s messed up!

I've been too knowledgeable lately.

Sorry you have to be the one to suffer.

[falco]

Hmmm does this apply to Olympic lifters & powerlifters as they do
the same movements over & over again & improve - are they immune ?

They always work at 70 to 85% of their max. And when in an anabolic state. Bodybuilding is fatigue oriented, not so much performance.

[Beefjake]

We will never know! 😰😰😰

But we do?

[Blockingback]

I've been too knowledgeable lately.

Sorry you have to be the one to suffer.

are you MENSA smart though?

[IroNat]

are you MENSA smart though?

I can't compare to (blank).

I just know a lot of useless stuff.

[SF1900]

I’m going to join 15 gyms in order to maintain muscle confusion.