I've worked out religiously for the last 2 1/2 years at least 3-4 days a week. Mainly all weight training. Over two weeks ago I fractured my heel and
have been on crutches since. Consequently, I didn't work out for about 2 weeks. Today, I decided to get back by doing some light chest & arms.
Surprisingly, I had a great workout tonight and even hit my max with ease. I feel like that two weeks off really helped.
For those of you who work out, do you ever take an extended rest period? If so, does it help you?
Also, do you stick to a particular routine?
Thanks!
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StarRider |
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Posts: 19084 (10/13/08 07:27 PM) |
I don't get adults that weight train.
I mean, are there boxes in your garage too heavy to lift or something? |
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Posts: 816 (10/13/08 07:31 PM) Registered User |
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PagongSchlong |
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Posts: 4769 (10/13/08 07:34 PM) Registered User |
If I didn't workout, I'd be uberskinny...with a gut.
It's just about taking care of yourself, holmes. Life is short. I'd like to condition myself so I'm not a feeble old man when I turn 70. You know? |
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NickF227 |
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Posts: 4784 (10/13/08 07:38 PM) |
People. Here. Gymrats?
I want to though, but like, the gym at school is pretty much reserved for the narcissistic footballers and wrestlers. |
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dmb154678 |
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Posts: 30553 (10/13/08 07:45 PM) Sexy asshole |
omg last thursday i go to the gym. this guy i know (we all call him "crazy kurt", cuz he's fucking crazy) is walking out when i'm walking in.
CLEARLY done with his workout. i say "hiyakurthowyoudoin" and go into the locker room. kurt is one of those people you talk to on the move, cuz
he's that crazy. i change, yak on the phone to my sister, etc, while i'm in there. a good 10 minutes, at least. i walk out of the locker room and
who's waiting for me?
why, it's crazy kurt. he proceeds to sit with me and talk, the whole time. the WHOLE time. i hate crazy kurt. 
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StarRider |
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Posts: 19087 (10/13/08 07:52 PM) |
I'm starting to think you're one of them freak magnets.
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WylDawg |
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Posts: 16446 (10/13/08 07:57 PM) Registered user |
I take a week off from time to time, because I sometimes feel like I'm about to burn out from training. But in that week I go completely apeshit thinking
I'm gonna gain 50 pounds and all my muscle mass will deflate to nothingness.
So I'm more than refreshed when I start training again. Could be that I'm addicted. |
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PagongSchlong |
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Posts: 4771 (10/13/08 07:57 PM) Registered User |
dmb154678 wrote:UGH! I know a guy at my gym who does that. All he talks about is how much he loves being on juice and how strong he is. Then he mocks me when I bench because I can't bench 300lbs like him. The thing is, he knows I really don't want to spot him nor do I want him to spot me...yet he follows me around anyway. I haven't seen him all summer cause I work out at my home during the summer. I dread going back to the gym next month and seeing that fucking asshole. |
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Posts: 11415 (10/13/08 07:58 PM) Registered user |
Ah. Overcompensating yourself.
He knows that you are a fairy therefore an easy target with your obvious gayface. |
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dmb154678 |
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Posts: 30555 (10/13/08 08:00 PM) Sexy asshole |
StarRider wrote: omg, you have no idea. i can't be mean, and freaks have a radar for that shit. i'm surprised i'm not walking around with 4 of them hanging off my ankles at any given time. |
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blondemss |
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Posts: 10707 (10/13/08 08:01 PM) Guttersnipe, and a lazy slob |
:grabs dmb's ankle
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StarrEise |
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Posts: 6932 (10/13/08 08:01 PM) |
Holy shit, dmb, I think you're my sister.
Kathleen, is that YOU???? |
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PagongSchlong |
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Posts: 4773 (10/13/08 08:01 PM) Registered User |
Boy, FTO. When you run out of material, YOU RUN OUT OF MATERIAL!!!!
BTW, I may have a gayface...but you're just fucking UGLY. |
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dmb154678 |
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Posts: 30557 (10/13/08 08:06 PM) Sexy asshole |
what's with all the FTO hate?
i take (roughly) a week off and you people are all "gayface" and "ugly" and shit. yeah SE, i just attract the nuts. then i can't get rid of them, bc i feel sorry for them. |
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PagongSchlong |
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Posts: 4774 (10/13/08 08:10 PM) Registered User |
I don't "hate" FTO....but I am going to remove him from my list of 31 FAVO Posters! >: (
Anyway, anyone else want to contribute anything to this thread???? |
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dmb154678 |
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Posts: 30559 (10/13/08 08:12 PM) Sexy asshole |
this is OT. staying on topic, especially the topic of "the gym".......ain't gonna happen.
you missed a palin there. |
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Posts: 24680 (10/13/08 08:14 PM) |
aim better LMFAO
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Mind The Gap1 |
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Posts: 653 (10/13/08 08:27 PM) Registered User |
when you lift you are breaking down muscle, when you rest the muscle restores itself. So after lots of lifting a long wait like that will also help you bulk up
more. It is important to know how much rest. But yes, a week off every now and then is very helpful. If you lifted every day of the week for a year you
wouldn't gain much muscle. It is the days off that your muscle rebuilds itself.
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pinkdolphin |
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Posts: 7353 (10/13/08 09:12 PM) Registered User |
I do cardio and if I take a week off, I gain five pounds.
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Beefcake |
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Posts: 1536 (10/13/08 09:12 PM) Registered User |
Yeah, rest is crucial. One common program is to use a routine for 12 weeks, take a week off, then start a new routine for 12 weeks, etc. When I was a young
Cupcake, I would worry about losing muscle if I missed a workout, or (god forbid!) took a week off. But it doesn't happen. If you ever get to the point
that you don't WANT to go to the gym, you're probably over-training and need to rest a few days.
A lot depends on your age, too. If you're 20 and genetically gifted, you can train 2 hours every day. But once you get on the dark side of 30 (really, 25) it gets very different. 20-30 minutes of hard training 2-4 times a week is plenty. |
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