Overtraining

[TooL]

A few questions, kinda playing devils advocate here.

1. Obviously everybody is gonna have a different rate of supercompensation and adaptation then others. So do you think that for some individuals an extra rep a week or an increase in 2.5 lbs per set might be a little much? I just dont want some people think that they are going absolutely no where if they do miss that extra rep a week by a couple inches.

2. When dealing with slightly higher reps (15) Dont you think that some hypertrophy is possible through non-contractile tissue. ie blood vessel diameter, mitochondria size, and larger glycogen stores.

Im just throwing stuff out here. I enjoy your posts IA

[Jergo]

concerning the rear delt thing, when doing iso's for rear delts, am i still working the rest of my shoulders (ie, front, side)?
same thing w/ miltary presses and lat raises, are they working the rear's as well?

if so, i guess it would make sense if working rear's, then to do them on the same day i do shoulders. any help bros?

thx for ur response IA........

[TooL]

Ive always done rear delts on back day after all my other exercises. They are smaller muscles so they are easier to isolate after the larger traps, rhromboids and lats have been fatigued. But then again you are using your rear delts when you do movements like lat pull downs and rowing movements. If youre building muscle stick to the compound stuff. All those other little muscles will be getting their share during the work. No need to worry about them.

[Jergo]

Originally posted by TooL
Ive always done rear delts on back day after all my other exercises. They are smaller muscles so they are easier to isolate after the larger traps, rhromboids and lats have been fatigued. But then again you are using your rear delts when you do movements like lat pull downs and rowing movements. If youre building muscle stick to the compound stuff. All those other little muscles will be getting their share during the work. No need to worry about them.

yea, thanx it makes sense to work 'em on back day. ive been sticking to just the compound ones too, but u can look at my rear delts and tell they need work. i posted about it awhile back, but didn't start on them yet. from all the talk i hear about injuries w/ their shoulders, i thought it should be time to work on getting them bigger. u can see the holes in the back just by glancing.

i was figuring that i would just do a couple sets on back day w/ cables. ie, 10-8 reps.