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Counterpoint. When you go to gym to make muscle, one of the first thing you learn is that you need the right intensity to force your body to increase its muscl
by aucisson_masque 2y ago
Counterpoint.
When you go to gym to make muscle, one of the first thing you learn is that you need the right intensity to force your body to increase its muscle.
Even if you give 70% intensity everyday during a year, it won't be enough to make the slightest change.
It got to be all in aka very close to failure to start seeing improvement otherwise the body rebuild the muscle but doesn't grow it.
- coolThingsFirst 2y agoYou have absolutely not set foot in the gym. The average person will build muscle with zero discomfort in the gym.
- aucisson_masque 2y agoLol, you are kidding right ? I spend enough years when being teenager at the gym to know a thing or two, i saw lots of people doing half ass job and still being skinny twat months later. The big ones were always pushing the limit.
- authorfly 2y agoI agree with this though it's only relevant beyond newbie periods. PTs won't talk about it since it's not motivating, which makes sense. During a stressed part of life, I slid into staying with the same routine, doing 70% intensity (cutting a set or two off each workout, or rushing them), and stopped going up in strength and muscle size. You could say I have bad genetics but I've had some sport talent and been considered "fit" by a few people so I think I'm average/lucky on muscle genetics. I basically maintained the muscle but I threw away that time. I kept going into the gym 4-5 days a week like I had when putting on gains, but I could have maintained the muscle (as I have since) on 2-3 days a week. All the difference was in that 70% --> 85% intensity difference. Once I did that, without changing programme, gains came back. I think that this "hidden plateau" is secretly why so many people bail on the gym.