variety of exercises
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variety of exercises
i've been working out for a while now. Every 2 months or so, i rest a week or two without working out in order for body to recooperate. Recently, a trainer from gym told me that i should also change exercise routine once every six month and basically alter between current exercise routine with a new one. i don't know if he is correct or not. i already have 4 exercises for body parts such as biceps and don't know if i should try new alternatives if current routines are working well. i'm no longer looking to gain mass, i'm currently extremely "cut" because i no longer increase weights. i like current built and don't know if i should risk changing routine. can anyone help? thanx
here's something for ya:
if you do the same thing long enough, the body will adapt, no mattrer what. it will adfapt to it's physical demands as well as the energy requirements it needs to perform the action. the first time you do a lift you haven't done before you will be very weak and to lift a substantial wt, it is extremely hard on the body and will often get you breathing heavily. overtime you become stronger at the lift and better at it from a technique stand point and are no longer breathing heavily when using the same wt that you stuggled with previously. from here on, if u use the same wt continuously, nothing will happed and you also run the risk of burning out those motor units and the movement pattern which can result in reversability (overtraining, decreased strength/muscle etc).
the other thing to look at are calories and is the main the reason why endless cardio is the worse thing you can do. say you have your diet worked out pretty good and you know how much you consume and how much you are expending for muscle gain or wt loss. let's now go back to part 1. the exercise that was busting your earlier isn't as hard now. this also means that it is taking less enrgy, thus less calories to perform the same move. now if you are looking for a fat loss result, the opposite will happen as the energy requirements have necome less than you actually think they are and you will gain wt.
this probably the best and most unknown reason to change up reguarly. i'm sure you could do with a little extra muscle, why not? basically more muscle will come from eatig more than you are using, not the exercises used.
just a balance question, if your doing 4 exercises for bi's (and god knows how many sets), how many exercises do yuo do for hamstrings?
if you do the same thing long enough, the body will adapt, no mattrer what. it will adfapt to it's physical demands as well as the energy requirements it needs to perform the action. the first time you do a lift you haven't done before you will be very weak and to lift a substantial wt, it is extremely hard on the body and will often get you breathing heavily. overtime you become stronger at the lift and better at it from a technique stand point and are no longer breathing heavily when using the same wt that you stuggled with previously. from here on, if u use the same wt continuously, nothing will happed and you also run the risk of burning out those motor units and the movement pattern which can result in reversability (overtraining, decreased strength/muscle etc).
the other thing to look at are calories and is the main the reason why endless cardio is the worse thing you can do. say you have your diet worked out pretty good and you know how much you consume and how much you are expending for muscle gain or wt loss. let's now go back to part 1. the exercise that was busting your earlier isn't as hard now. this also means that it is taking less enrgy, thus less calories to perform the same move. now if you are looking for a fat loss result, the opposite will happen as the energy requirements have necome less than you actually think they are and you will gain wt.
this probably the best and most unknown reason to change up reguarly. i'm sure you could do with a little extra muscle, why not? basically more muscle will come from eatig more than you are using, not the exercises used.
just a balance question, if your doing 4 exercises for bi's (and god knows how many sets), how many exercises do yuo do for hamstrings?