Benefit of different exercises same muscle group.

[Tuffoldman]

I understand doing different exercises for the same muscle group hit the muscle at different angles/stress but is there a downside to just saying on chest day instead of doing six sets of flat bands six sets of incline bench three sets of decline bench and three sets of flies versus just doing flat bench for the same amount of sets. Then on the next time you work that muscle do a slightly different angle such as 18 sets of incline bench??


I do a little different type of training just due to joint related issues, age and I get very sidetracked when I try and mix a whole bunch of different exercises into the mix my ADHD kicks in and it works a lot better if I just focus on one exercise and just kill that muscle at each workout. I hate cardio! Wait, let me rephrase that I HATE Cardio but I know it's important so what I try and do is get on the treadmill or elliptical and I go 2 minutes and then I jump off and I do my first set of i.e. flat bench, and then I jump back on the cardio equipment and do 2 minutes jump back off until I have all my sets done. That way I get cardio and lifting and at the same time to me I'm in and out of my workouts a lot quicker generally speaking about to 45 minutes depending on the muscle exercise I'm doing and how quick I get through those sets.

I try and keep my form pretty strict but I do a little bit lighter weight so I'm moving a little bit faster than if I'm lifting heavier and having a really control the weight but I don't swing or throw the weights around it is nice and controlled in both the eccentric and concentric movements.


Thoughts? Anybody else try something like this. The last time that I train this way was I went to Mexico to a nudist resort and I have never been more muscular and more cut but I did lose a bit of size. Unfortunately I'm not a genetic freak and no matter what I do I've never been able to break the plateau of about 185 lb and still have abs. When I went to Mexico I was at about 173 pretty shredded just not dried out like competition look but did get a lot of compliments on how I looked even though I felt pretty tiny.

 

[OldManStrength]

I’ve found time under tension and falure of both fast and slow twitch muscles get u the best results.
Failure to me is anytime for breaks under load.

negative movement is where people leave all their gains on the table and don’t take advantage of the power u have in slow negative movements.

I try to do 1 second up low and controlled, 2 to 3 seconds in negative, until form breaks under heavy load. If u do this consistantly, u will grow. Reps counts don’t really matter, failure matters and form.

 

[Tuffoldman]

Thank you very much. I may make a slight change to what I'm doing and do what I'm doing now but at the very end only rest about 15 to 30 seconds in between sets until I get to total failure except on exercises that I need a spotter but don't have one. Such as bench press

 

[rawdeal]

. . . . I do a little different type of training just due to joint related issues

Yup, on a "PPL" set-up, I can do most "Legs" except BB Sqts w/a straight BB cause my shoulders don't get my hands back that far. Lots of alternatives in a commercial Gym ... for my very basic garage gym I bought a SSB to solve that problem. Can't do "Pull" Ups/Downs but can Row or Deadlift to my heart's content, just no (Up)Rows higher than my nips. "Push" is worst, No OH, and nothing on any angle bench, not even Flat Bench, unless I use the multi/swiss/football bar I also bought for my garage gym.

Life goes on, I'm happy, still look forward to fucking w/Iron while it fucks back at me. ALSO look forward to Dog Park visits for my remaining smaller Dogs where I usually get to bond, bend, lift, and romp with bored, larger Dogs whose owners only sit 'n chat.

Do miss my younger skeleton, but, I is what I IS .