Re: Training to Add Muscle Mass

Andrzej Rosa wrote:
> Dnia 2006-10-06 xmp333@yahoo.com napisa³(a):

[...]

> > What would you recommend for optimizing this routine? Also, how
> > exactly should I train to failure? I'll do something until I feel the
> > strength leave my muscles and stop rather than risk injuring myself.
> > Should I strain instead until I physically cannot push further?
>
> You do no pulling. Easy way to make a "pulling machine" is to use a
> loop made of strap. Put a knot in it and close it behind the door
> (near the hinge). Now you have a loop to which you can attach some
> rope and do bodyweight pulls. One handed reverse rows work fine.
>
> You need it for your posture and for the health of your shoulders.
>
> --
> Andrzej Rosa


Thanks for the advice. I decided to do pulling (hands up and hands
down) with a bar mounted across a chair while I'm lying down. I need
to set it up so the bar doesn't move, but I think this should get my
pulling routine in. What do you think?

Also, how do you folks normally do sets? Do you do all the sets of one
exercise and then move on to the next one, or do you do one set of each
exercise then go back to the first?


Thanks.

Dnia 2006-10-10 xmp333@yahoo.com napisa³(a):
>
> Andrzej Rosa wrote:
>> Dnia 2006-10-06 xmp333@yahoo.com napisa³(a):
>
> [...]
>
>> > What would you recommend for optimizing this routine? Also, how
>> > exactly should I train to failure? I'll do something until I feel the
>> > strength leave my muscles and stop rather than risk injuring myself.
>> > Should I strain instead until I physically cannot push further?
>>
>> You do no pulling. Easy way to make a "pulling machine" is to use a
>> loop made of strap. Put a knot in it and close it behind the door
>> (near the hinge). Now you have a loop to which you can attach some
>> rope and do bodyweight pulls. One handed reverse rows work fine.
>>
>> You need it for your posture and for the health of your shoulders.
>>
>> --
>> Andrzej Rosa
>
>
> Thanks for the advice. I decided to do pulling (hands up and hands
> down) with a bar mounted across a chair while I'm lying down. I need
> to set it up so the bar doesn't move, but I think this should get my
> pulling routine in. What do you think?

Seems fine.

> Also, how do you folks normally do sets? Do you do all the sets of one
> exercise and then move on to the next one, or do you do one set of each
> exercise then go back to the first?

Both ways are OK. The second option is called superset and is both
quite demanding and effective.

--
Andrzej Rosa

do 3-4 sets of each exercise and then go to the next