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Am I stronger than this?
So, I won't go into terrible detail here, since nfolkert is likely to keep you up to date with the trials and tribulations of my training for THE ONE (pullup). All I have to say is - if I train at what my body thinks is the max or near-max weight I can pull ('cuz I can't pull no more) and my muscles don't feel fatigued afterwards, does it mean that I'm stronger than my body (and, specifically, the nerves in my body) thinks?
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Thu, 03/04/2010 (All day)
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Hey, I'm not going to do your work for you!
Some sites on the web suggest that significant muscular hypertrophy cannot happen until after full neural adaptation. Hypertrophy is thought to be a response to damage to muscle fibers caused by resistance training. It would follow, then, that if you have not achieved full neural adaptation, you would not be significantly damaging your muscles.
That said, one could point to contrary evidence to this theory in that we get plenty sore doing many reps at a low load, especially when just starting out a new exercise routine. So either that soreness is caused by something else (or perhaps a different kind of muscle damage), or something else is going on here. Either way, I wouldn't get too discouraged after just the first day, and if you're not sore at all, go and do some more, and try to keep pushing that max up.
Submitted by nfolkert on 03.05.10 at 11:51.
Brilliant nfolkert. At the risk of oversimplification: "No pain, no gain...Maybe." I'm very confident. You're way out ahead on the PSYOPS front. First step is to name your enemy. THE ONE is very good. Classic. If you need even more, you might experiment with "WHITE WHALE." Regardless, you own this thing.
Submitted by Oliver on 03.05.10 at 02:03.