Help with planned week off from lifting routine

Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.

Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?

I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?

Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
usual.

Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA

Bob

"Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took a
> week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am not
> sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask for
> some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Bob

Bob, sorry I have nothing to suggest

David wrote:
> "Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
> news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took a
>> week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am not
>> sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask for
>> some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
>> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
>> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
>> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
>> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
>> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
> Bob, sorry I have nothing to suggest
>
>
Thanks. Good suggestion, I will take it on board.

"Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took a
> week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am not
> sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask for
> some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Bob

Go have fun Bob, eat what you want to eat, drink what you want and have a
good time then when you get back get back with the program.

Have fun,

Burr

Burr wrote:
> "Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
> news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took a
>> week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am not
>> sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask for
>> some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
>> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
>> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
>> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
>> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
>> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
> Go have fun Bob, eat what you want to eat, drink what you want and have a
> good time then when you get back get back with the program.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Burr
>
>
But what if I over under train?

Bob Volkmer wrote:
> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
> usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Bob


Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in
a full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.

Ray wrote:
> Bob Volkmer wrote:
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and
>> have decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time
>> I took a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine
>> and I am not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought
>> I would ask for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole
>> body nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the
>> nothing be and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing
>> followed by isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing
>> so I have little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get
>> lifted rather than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that
>> part of the planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater
>> or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in
> a full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.

Sound advice. Best I get a medical opinion in case I go into some sort
of negative nothing and cause damage to myself.

"Ray" <Ray@Acmenet.com> wrote in message
news:97OdnZVepJpijvvVRVnyigA@bt.com...
> Bob Volkmer wrote:
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
>> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
>> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
>> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
>> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
>> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in a
> full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.

Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add to
this debate.

"David"
>>
>>
>> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in a
>> full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.
>
> Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add
> to this debate.
>
Who in the fuck are you judge under Boy!

Burr

"Bob Volkmer"
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> Go have fun Bob, eat what you want to eat, drink what you want and have a
>> good time then when you get back get back with the program.
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>> Burr
> But what if I over under train?

Sleep it off!

Burr

>>
>> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in a
>> full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.
>
> Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add to
> this debate.
>
>

Thanks for your honesty and for reminding of my place within the
scheme of things. I do get carried away with a sense of my own
importance sometimes. So thanks for bringing me back down to earth:-)

"Burr" <pitzradio@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:PcKdnXTnAdYlqPvVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@earthlink.co m...
>
> "David"
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in
>>> a full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.
>>
>> Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add
>> to this debate.
>>
> Who in the fuck are you judge under Boy!

Burr I need a translation of what you said here - English is your first
language, right?

>
> Burr
>

"Ray" <Ray@Acmenet.com> wrote in message
news:Ws-dnY4aSKahpPvVRVnygwA@bt.com...
>
>>>
>>> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in
>>> a full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.
>>
>> Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add
>> to this debate.
>
> Thanks for your honesty and for reminding of my place within the scheme
> of things. I do get carried away with a sense of my own importance
> sometimes. So thanks for bringing me back down to earth:-)

Now Ray your response was pretty funny - you realize that "nothing" is the
whole point of Bob's post right?

David wrote:
> "Ray" <Ray@Acmenet.com> wrote in message
> news:Ws-dnY4aSKahpPvVRVnygwA@bt.com...
>>>> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia, culminating in
>>>> a full day in bed? But get checked out by your doc first.
>>> Quite honestly Ray, you have absolutely nothing to offer. Nothing to add
>>> to this debate.
>> Thanks for your honesty and for reminding of my place within the scheme
>> of things. I do get carried away with a sense of my own importance
>> sometimes. So thanks for bringing me back down to earth:-)
>
> Now Ray your response was pretty funny - you realize that "nothing" is the
> whole point of Bob's post right?
>
>
>


Yes of course, just a bit of fun.

"Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and
> have decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time
> I took a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine
> and I am not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought
> I would ask for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole
> body nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the
> nothing be and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing
> followed by isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing
> so I have little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get
> lifted rather than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that
> part of the planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater
> or smaller than usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Bob

Amazing the amount of idiotic non-advice you get here.

The classic thing to do with your week off is a change of pace, e.g., go
swimming in the hotel pool, take a run or a bike ride, play tennis or
basketball - whatever things you don't normally do. You can even do
your usual lifts but with completely different set/rep schemes, e.g., if
you usually squat for heavy triples, try something like max reps with
bodyweight on the bar instead. Bodyweight exercises are another good
alternative - pushups, hindu squats. A few days off in there are fine,
but I wouldn't do nothing for a week.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:6cnchnF32v2m5U1@mid.individual.net...
> "Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
> news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
>> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
>> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
>> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
>> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
>> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
> Amazing the amount of idiotic non-advice you get here.
>
> The classic thing to do with your week off is a change of pace, e.g., go
> swimming in the hotel pool, take a run or a bike ride, play tennis or
> basketball - whatever things you don't normally do. You can even do your
> usual lifts but with completely different set/rep schemes, e.g., if you
> usually squat for heavy triples, try something like max reps with
> bodyweight on the bar instead. Bodyweight exercises are another good
> alternative - pushups, hindu squats. A few days off in there are fine,
> but I wouldn't do nothing for a week.

What is amazing is that you are too stupid to realize that Bob's post was a
spoof.

>
> -S-
> http://www.kbnj.com
>
>

"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:6cnchnF32v2m5U1@mid.individual.net...
> "Bob Volkmer" <mfw@volkmer.biz> wrote in message
> news:B9idnWaIpNNzWfjVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@posted.inter node...
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions lasting
>> about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy isolated
>> exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have little
>> to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather than me
>> lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the planned
>> nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
> Amazing the amount of idiotic non-advice you get here.
>
> The classic thing to do with your week off is a change of pace, e.g., go
> swimming in the hotel pool, take a run or a bike ride, play tennis or
> basketball - whatever things you don't normally do. You can even do your
> usual lifts but with completely different set/rep schemes, e.g., if you
> usually squat for heavy triples, try something like max reps with
> bodyweight on the bar instead. Bodyweight exercises are another good
> alternative - pushups, hindu squats. A few days off in there are fine,
> but I wouldn't do nothing for a week.

Crap advice - the bext advice for Bob is to take the week off and do
absolutely nothing - a week off with total rest is essential now and then

>
> -S-
> http://www.kbnj.com
>
>

Bob Volkmer <mfw@volkmer.biz> writes:

> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and
> have decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time
> I took a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine
> and I am not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought
> I would ask for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole
> body nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the
> nothing be and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing
> followed by isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing
> so I have little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get
> lifted rather than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that
> part of the planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater
> or smaller than usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Bob

It doesn't really matter what you decide not to do. The trick is to
make an educated guess as to what style of nothing is likely to help you
out the most, and then make sure you keep good notes.

Seriously, you need to write down everything that you don't do so that
next time you take a week off you'll have a better idea as to how your
body responds to nothing.

I hope that was helpful.

Jason

Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa³(a):
> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>
> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>
> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>
> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
> usual.
>
> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA

Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Dnia 2008-06-28 Ray napisa³(a):
> Bob Volkmer wrote:
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>> usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> Perhaps a week of intensive and progressive inertia,

The measure of inertia is mass, so progressing inertia means putting on
mass?

> culminating in a full day in bed?

That should do it!

> But get checked out by your doc first.

Before and after.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:

> Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa³(a):
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>> usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.

And that's why the night sky is so dark and empty now. What's the
Polish word for nothing?

--
Jim Janney

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Andrzej Rosa wrote:

> Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa?(a):
>
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>> usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
> begins with the letter N?

Yes! The Cyberiad is completely brilliant.

And here's that very story:

http://www.lem.pl/cyberiadinfo/engli...owiadania7.htm

tom

--
With a face like this I won't break any hearts and thinking like that
I won't make any friends

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Tom Anderson wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Andrzej Rosa wrote:
>
>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>> begins with the letter N?
>
> Yes! The Cyberiad is completely brilliant.

And here, from an odd Dutch documentaroid programme, is an adaptation of
The Seventh Sally, or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...860224#1h6m22s

And its text:

http://themindi.blogspot.com/2007/02...ow-trurls.html

tom

--
The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in the physical
occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest of melodies are not too
sublime to be expressed by notes. -- Somerset Maugham

Dnia 2008-07-02 Tom Anderson napisa³(a):
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Andrzej Rosa wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>>> begins with the letter N?
>>
>> Yes! The Cyberiad is completely brilliant.
>
> And here, from an odd Dutch documentaroid programme, is an adaptation of
> The Seventh Sally, or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good:
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...860224#1h6m22s
>
> And its text:
>
> http://themindi.blogspot.com/2007/02...ow-trurls.html

Damn, we are such hopeless geeks! But you know what! Women will
still love you, if you are a geek with balls. Strange, but geeks with
balls are somehow attractive. I just got home from a week of
dare-deviling, and women plastered themselves on me at times, so I
gather that this "balls" part must be crucial. Rather not looks, I'm
afraid.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Dnia 2008-07-02 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa³(a):
>>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>>
>>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>>
>>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>>
>>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>>> usual.
>>>
>>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>
>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
>> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
>> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.
>
> And that's why the night sky is so dark and empty now. What's the
> Polish word for nothing?

Nic. (pronounced nits)

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:

> Dnia 2008-07-02 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
>> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa³(a):
>>>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>>>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>>>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>>>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>>>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>>>
>>>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>>>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>>>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>>>
>>>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>>>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>>>
>>>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>>>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>>>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>>>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>>>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>>>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>>>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>>>> usual.
>>>>
>>>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>>>
>>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>>> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
>>> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
>>> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.
>>
>> And that's why the night sky is so dark and empty now. What's the
>> Polish word for nothing?
>
> Nic. (pronounced nits)

Another N-word. That made it easier for the translator.

--
Jim Janney

"Andrzej Rosa" <bakters@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:m7ksj5-ev6.ln1@bakters.bandit.home...
> Dnia 2008-06-28 Bob Volkmer napisa³(a):
>> Week after next, I am away interstate on business and pleasure and have
>> decided to make it a planned week off from the gym. The last time I took
>> a week off a few months back, I didn't have a nothing routine and I am
>> not sure that I achieved my goals for the week. So I thought I would ask
>> for some suggestions about a routine that I can use.
>>
>> Currently, I use a split routine over 5-6 day a week for sessions
>> lasting about 40 minutes with compound lifts first followed by fluffy
>> isolated exercises. So how can I best adapt that to my week off?
>>
>> I know that volume and intensity play a big role and progressive
>> resistance is important but how can I translate that to doing nothing?
>>
>> Should I do nothing using a split routine or maybe swap to a whole body
>> nothing maybe 3 days a week? What should the intensity of the nothing be
>> and what about the volume? Should I do compound nothing followed by
>> isolated nothing? I have never tested my 1RM for nothing so I have
>> little to compare. Should I ride elevators so that I get lifted rather
>> than me lift? I guess the plane ride can help for that part of the
>> planned nothingness. Should my ROM of nothing be greater or smaller than
>> usual.
>>
>> Man, so many questions. Google appears silent on the issue. TIA
>
> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.
>
> --
> Andrzej Rosa 1127R


It always interesting how women have this fear of over bulking. In my
experience, less than 10% really have that to worry about, and most of them
"over bulk" due to high remaining levels of fat. There just isn't enough T
in their systems to get overly large.

I think the main thing is to do the compound movement, just as you note.

-Lester

Dnia 2008-07-03 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Dnia 2008-07-02 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
>>> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>>>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>>>> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
>>>> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
>>>> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.
>>>
>>> And that's why the night sky is so dark and empty now. What's the
>>> Polish word for nothing?
>>
>> Nic. (pronounced nits)
>
> Another N-word. That made it easier for the translator.

That one wasn't very difficult, but other parts of Cyberiad were. I
mean, really. Especially the one where Trull build an electronic poet,
who was tested to the limits too. Very funny in Polish, but I'm lacking
the vocabulary to judge the quality of translations. Lem had a twisted
sense of humor. (And it vexed me some, when later on I read critics
saying that Douglas Adams and Terry Pratched were first to introduce
humor to sci-fi. Critics should be aware of Cyberiad.)

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:

> Dnia 2008-07-03 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
>> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Dnia 2008-07-02 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
>>>> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Anybody read a sci-fi story by Stanislaw Lem in Cyberiad where one of
>>>>> the protagonist constructed the machine which could do anything that
>>>>> begins with the letter N? They made a mistake and ordered it to do
>>>>> Nothing, so be careful yourself! Consequences were scary and we lost
>>>>> pæmy and murkfle forever due to this.
>>>>
>>>> And that's why the night sky is so dark and empty now. What's the
>>>> Polish word for nothing?
>>>
>>> Nic. (pronounced nits)
>>
>> Another N-word. That made it easier for the translator.
>
> That one wasn't very difficult, but other parts of Cyberiad were. I
> mean, really. Especially the one where Trull build an electronic poet,
> who was tested to the limits too. Very funny in Polish, but I'm lacking
> the vocabulary to judge the quality of translations. Lem had a twisted
> sense of humor. (And it vexed me some, when later on I read critics
> saying that Douglas Adams and Terry Pratched were first to introduce
> humor to sci-fi. Critics should be aware of Cyberiad.)

Yeah, Adams and Pratchett are late-comers. Robert Sheckley is still
my favorite SF humorist, except maybe for R.A. Lafferty, who is in a
twisted class of his own. I love the Cyberiad, but I suspect it only
appeals to a fairly small audience.

--
Jim Janney

Dnia 2008-07-03 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>> Another N-word. That made it easier for the translator.
>>
>> That one wasn't very difficult, but other parts of Cyberiad were. I
>> mean, really. Especially the one where Trull build an electronic poet,
>> who was tested to the limits too. Very funny in Polish, but I'm lacking
>> the vocabulary to judge the quality of translations. Lem had a twisted
>> sense of humor. (And it vexed me some, when later on I read critics
>> saying that Douglas Adams and Terry Pratched were first to introduce
>> humor to sci-fi. Critics should be aware of Cyberiad.)
>
> Yeah, Adams and Pratchett are late-comers. Robert Sheckley is still
> my favorite SF humorist, except maybe for R.A. Lafferty, who is in a
> twisted class of his own. I love the Cyberiad, but I suspect it only
> appeals to a fairly small audience.

Good to know their names. I've pulled six gigs of s-f from the net and
I'm slowly reading through it. Plenty of people were never translated,
so I didn't even know that they existed. R.A. Lafferty probably is one
of them.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:

> Dnia 2008-07-03 Jim Janney napisa³(a):
>> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>> Another N-word. That made it easier for the translator.
>>>
>>> That one wasn't very difficult, but other parts of Cyberiad were. I
>>> mean, really. Especially the one where Trull build an electronic poet,
>>> who was tested to the limits too. Very funny in Polish, but I'm lacking
>>> the vocabulary to judge the quality of translations. Lem had a twisted
>>> sense of humor. (And it vexed me some, when later on I read critics
>>> saying that Douglas Adams and Terry Pratched were first to introduce
>>> humor to sci-fi. Critics should be aware of Cyberiad.)
>>
>> Yeah, Adams and Pratchett are late-comers. Robert Sheckley is still
>> my favorite SF humorist, except maybe for R.A. Lafferty, who is in a
>> twisted class of his own. I love the Cyberiad, but I suspect it only
>> appeals to a fairly small audience.
>
> Good to know their names. I've pulled six gigs of s-f from the net and
> I'm slowly reading through it. Plenty of people were never translated,
> so I didn't even know that they existed. R.A. Lafferty probably is one
> of them.

They were both best with short stories, IMO. Stuff like "900
Grandmothers" or "Can you do anything when I feel this?". The novels
are O.K. but not their best work. Maybe if Adams and Pratchett wrote
short stories I would like them better.

--
Jim Janney