[quote]tontongg wrote:
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
it’s simply that the progress is being made in that area where comfort ends.
A lot of trainees spend all of their time training being comfortable, and in turn, making little progress. [/quote]
would you advise rest-pause style of training then?[/quote]
Rest-pause style training is awesome, I make a lot of use of it in my training. But again, you can fuck it up if the intensity isn’t there.
Like, for example, if the comfort threshold is at rep 5, and in turn that’s when a trainee terminates a set on the rest pause before adding in more reps that are within the comfort zone, they’re just constantly not getting where they need to be.
This isn’t to say that every reps of every set all time needs to have this happen. When I do band pull aparts, I’m just performing the motion and getting in the volume. But a lot of times, when the intensity NEEDS to be there, it’s not.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]tontongg wrote:
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
it’s simply that the progress is being made in that area where comfort ends.
A lot of trainees spend all of their time training being comfortable, and in turn, making little progress. [/quote]
would you advise rest-pause style of training then?[/quote]
Rest-pause style training is awesome, I make a lot of use of it in my training. But again, you can fuck it up if the intensity isn’t there.
Like, for example, if the comfort threshold is at rep 5, and in turn that’s when a trainee terminates a set on the rest pause before adding in more reps that are within the comfort zone, they’re just constantly not getting where they need to be.
This isn’t to say that every reps of every set all time needs to have this happen. When I do band pull aparts, I’m just performing the motion and getting in the volume. But a lot of times, when the intensity NEEDS to be there, it’s not.
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Do you have any tips for increasing the intensity of your workouts? I see this brought up a lot, and the attitude often seems to be that you’ve either got it or you haven’t, which is not that useful.
Having a history of competitive athletics is pretty helpful. Basically being in an environment where you learned how to push past your limits and really see what you are made of. Many folks who haven’t experienced that simply don’t understand the difference between discomfort and reaching failure. Its why I think athletics are so crucial to success as a lifter.
Google “Mechanical Advantage Drop Sets: Invention of Necessity?”. It’s an elitefts article. It should give you some good ideas on making the most of those dumbbells with the incline bench. Could probably steal a lot of ideas from prison lifting. Drop sets would probably go a LONG way in maximizing a small amount of weight available.
Any chance you could order equipment to your location, or at least add to it? I think a heavy sandbag would be REALLY helpful in your situation.