They are and you are always trying to increase work capacity, these will do it. Allows you to get about 30 reps in with something you would normally do a hard 15 with but you get several more hard and challenging reps in. You know the effective ones. They are good for any exercise that once the weight is set you can start back up quickly. Just avoid anything that wouldn't be safe to fail with since that is part of the goal.
I’ve never tried muscle rounds, but sounds like something to add in periodically. I bet you get a really good pump and burn out of them.
Yeah, it's an intensity driven method so that makes sense. I also don't demonize crossfit like most lifters.
Yes, or even closer to Myo-reps where you to to an RPE8ish rest pause then repeat for as many sets to get a certain amount of hard reps in less time and fewer traditional sets.
Oh yeah they are great.
Agreed and when you have people like Dante Trudel tooting their horns for him too you know he is on to something. One thing is for sure. He named the system appropriately calling it Fortitude Training. I had to get into pretty good shape just to be able to execute the program as written. It is no joke!
Yeah and it was only the top two on the right side which was even weirder.
I haven't seen that one, this one you sit in and has those top handles but the leg part is below you and moves up separately so you have to move the weight crunching with both upper body and bringing the legs up so the lower abs are more involved.
Yeah mine was rippling like I had an alien trying to get out.
Muscle rounds would be a great tool if you needed to speed up your workout. Sometimes if I’m in a hurry or just running late, I’ll add supersets in my workout to speed it up but still get in enough work. I think I may start adding these on those days.
Thanks, it was an enjoyable one too!
Agreed, it is a great way to get a lot of quality reps in a short period of time!
Thanks! That was way back in 2018 but it is also still a goal I am not quite ready to let go yet. I can tell I have a lot in the tank strengthwise right now but I want to break it in, get the connective tissue adapting a bit before I push to hard for it and hurt myself. However if I can stay healthy it is the one lift I still know I have some in the tank on and can get another lifetime best. I just feel it in my bones!
Yeah it is a great idea because there are a lot of similarities, but they both also strengthen other areas better than one another, and the lower back gets a "little" break during sumos. I went with sumos this rotation because I tweaked my lower back a while back and these were just a bit easier on it during the comeback. Plus adductors really make the thighs a lot bigger so sumos are a nice way to push them a bit.
Thanks, I do Hex bar sometimes too, but my bread and butter have always been conventional. I have really only done sumo as an accessory movement up until the last part of my strength training before my foot got hurt. Then didn't really do them until just recently.
During my prep my coach had me doing conventional as my main lift then did sumo for 2 high rep sets as one of the accessory movements afterwards. So I have done it with success. If so I would try conventional first then sumo as kind of a mechanical drop set since less lower back intensive.
Thanks Rocket!
Yes Sir, the healing is coming more and more quickly it seems. The Dr, seems to be pretty on point for when I would really be able to start kicking it up a notch. Warm Ups are still a little longer on push movements but I am not upset about that as long as I can get the job done.
Thanks Man!
They are interesting with the steel cut oats, this was my first time. It is a chewy texture with a more nutty taste than regular old fashioned rolled oats. Typically I just make the old fashioned in the microwave but this was a nice change. I think next I will try them overnight in the slow cooker.
Yeah, I consider it awesome, especially since my boss doesn't mind me logging in early and taking a late extended lunch to work out.
I haven't done the old-fashioned rolled oats overnight yet. I need to do that. Give it a shot, I liked them, but it is definitely a different experience. Even on the 2nd day, it still had a chewy texture.
Thanks @Rocket3015, very happy with the progress! I plan on going up to 315 on Squats next time, not sure on bench, I want to feel that one out, maybe 210-215, and maybe 140 on Military Press. I don't want to go too crazy on upper body stuff. I could tell I was pushing both shoulder joints a little, and they are just a little tight this morning. So I am right on the edge of current capability with them regarding the joints themselves being ready to support more weight. I don't want to rush and cause myself a slowdown.
No not at all. The day I did 2 sessions and the second session was around 26 hours was very tiring but other than that no. Just burning more fat than I would have if I didn't do it. We use cardio for short and generalize but really we are talking about aerobic activity which is a step in intensity down from cardio. Aerobics is predominantly fat burning and not stressful or catabolic to the muscle tissue. It is exactly what the body was designed to do during a fast, the body produces adrenaline during your fast to stimulate you to get up and go hunt and or forage. So going on a long walk during a fast is exactly what the fasting body expects and protects the muscle via the hormonal situation that occurs. I wouldn't go balls to the walls intense like HIIT or something, but in the aerobic range you are really just taking advantage of the situation as the body was designed to cope with a period of fasting. Not doing any activity is easier but not more optimal. Now when you get into longer extended fasts like into multiple days the situation changes but up until a good 48 hours there really is no reason not to be active.
Yeah, as a point, the numbers keep going up 2 weeks after my last non TRT dosed shot. Now there is EQ still floating around in my system but the last shot was only about 250mg 2 Saturdays ago and I have been on 120mg Test E the last 2 weeks as well. Granted I am also recovering from an injury and have plenty of room for muscle memory gains and more than enough muscle to support current lifts, but the fact is progress isn't really slowing up as far as strength returning quickly.
