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There is a general principle behind doing new stuff. Any training that moves metabolism and nervous system from homeostasis (dynamic equilibrium) to allostasis
by nabla9 3y ago
There is a general principle behind doing new stuff.
Any training that moves metabolism and nervous system from homeostasis (dynamic equilibrium) to allostasis (stability through variation and predictive regulation) is good. This is known phenomenon in sports. You must cycle through different training regimes in weightlifting and endurance if you want to keep improving.
Try juggling, learning an instrument, waking backwards, standing in one feet, everything seems to work for as long as you still struggling to learn. It becomes homeostatic state when it is effortless and you must increase difficulty.
- krmboya 3y agoAnd the best thing about strength training using barbells is that you can keep increasing the weight on the bar till you approach your genetic limitations assuming optimal recovery, nutrition, proper form and good programming. Keeping the body in a state of always adapting to the new stress
- nabla9 3y ago>And the best thing about strength training using barbells is that you That's NOT the way to increase strength to the maximum. Eventually you plateau and improvements stop below what you could potentially do. You have to do cycles. You increase the weights day by day, then at some point you drop down to lower weights and start going up again.
- krmboya 3y agoI agree. For example, when going for a long hike, you have to stop and rest regularly. Still, you need to keep moving forward to make progress
- fritzo 3y agoRight, the article reads like "this one weird trick", but in fact any trick will work as long as it's weird.