8 Amazing Fitness Facts You Ignored For Sure
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Insert heart attack here!0
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#3 is no joke! 19 days without lifting over Christmas break and I've yet to regain my pre-vacation bench reps. I also went into a cut at the end of January, but was able to reach pre-vacation parity on other lifts (squats, deads, oh press, rows) before doing so. Will now need to wait until fall/winter bulk before getting bench levels back up. I'm cancelling Christmas this year.0
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The huge amount of caffeine is known by pro-cyclists who would use caffeine suppositories to avoid the upper-GI distress. UCI limits the amount of caffeine in blood for this reason and having too much caffeine is considered "doping"
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#4 surprises me.
#7 is interesting... 50%??? That's roughly 1000mg for me. That seems like a lot, but I have no idea.
Yeah it's a lot. The original article says 15 shots of espresso or something to achieve it. Who would do that?! :laugh:
Caffeine IV. STAT. :laugh:0 -
#4 surprises me.
#7 is interesting... 50%??? That's roughly 1000mg for me. That seems like a lot, but I have no idea.
Yeah it's a lot. The original article says 15 shots of espresso or something to achieve it. Who would do that?! :laugh:
I bet you could produce 50% more force after 15 shots of espresso. And you'd be able to fall asleep 3 days later.
i have had more than 15 shots of espresso in one day. (throughout the day) I can let you know... when you do fall asleep... expect to sleep hard from the crash!0 -
I call bull on 8.0
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The huge amount of caffeine is known by pro-cyclists who would use caffeine suppositories to avoid the upper-GI distress. UCI limits the amount of caffeine in blood for this reason and having too much caffeine is considered "doping"
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This is kind of awesome.0 -
2. When fasting for a long period (several days in a row, without eating ANYTHING), 30% of the weight loss is muscle loss.
Wow, that's rough. No wonder I still struggle from my severe fasting days to try and gain/maintain any muscle.3. Detraining (when you stop training) from resistance training for 2 weeks results on average in the loss of the performance acquired in 3 to 5 months of serious training. In aerobics (depending on studies/people) 8 weeks to 8 months are sufficient to lose ALL OF THE AEROBIC PERFORMANCE.
While this may be true, muscle memory also enables people who have trained extensively in the past to get back to peak or near-peak performance rather quickly following even years long breaks in training.0 -
6. The 3 standard (non-failure) sets or more do not provide more results than 1 single set to failure (muscle hypertrophy).
This interests me, I am trying to maximize the limited time I have available during the work week. Can anyone confirm this statement?0 -
#3 is no joke! 19 days without lifting over Christmas break and I've yet to regain my pre-vacation bench reps. I also went into a cut at the end of January, but was able to reach pre-vacation parity on other lifts (squats, deads, oh press, rows) before doing so. Will now need to wait until fall/winter bulk before getting bench levels back up. I'm cancelling Christmas this year.
Agreed. I took a break through December and I'm still playing catch up. So frustrating!0 -
4 is not suprising to me. What is suprising is that people do that for the sole effect of losing fat. I do it because I like the endorphen rush.0
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6. The 3 standard (non-failure) sets or more do not provide more results than 1 single set to failure (muscle hypertrophy).
This interests me, I am trying to maximize the limited time I have available during the work week. Can anyone confirm this statement?
I agree. I want to look more into this one...0 -
Yea, I do that too. But what does that have to do with how many calories I consume (eat)?
I am assuming it means your body consumes more calories during exercise and is not reference the calories you actually consume, ie eat.0 -
Yea, I do that too. But what does that have to do with how many calories I consume (eat)?
I am assuming it means your body consumes more calories during exercise and is not reference the calories you actually consume, ie eat.
That's how I interpreted it, too, particularly as it did say "effort"... and I assume they're not considering eating to be effort.0 -
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I call bull on #3. I've stopped lifting for 2-3 three weeks a few times and never lost any strength. Always picked back up where I left off. With that said, I've also stopped for a few months and HAVE seen a decrease in strength but I wouldn't say 3-5 months worth. I'm not what you would consider a serious lifter but I do work out a few times a week. Is #3 geared towards serious lifters?0
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love this! Tks!!!0
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Yea, I do that too. But what does that have to do with how many calories I consume (eat)?
I am assuming it means your body consumes more calories during exercise and is not reference the calories you actually consume, ie eat.
That makes more sense. I suppose it could have been worded better, like maybe burn, expend, etc.0 -
I call bull on #3. I've stopped lifting for 2-3 three weeks a few times and never lost any strength. Always picked back up where I left off. With that said, I've also stopped for a few months and HAVE seen a decrease in strength but I wouldn't say 3-5 months worth. I'm not what you would consider a serious lifter but I do work out a few times a week. Is #3 geared towards serious lifters?
Are you lifting to failure or just going in a doing some sets of 10 with a weight that isn't the max you can do? I ask because say you are use to doing 3 sets of 10 with 100 pounds. Your 1 rep max may be 150 pounds. If you take 3 weeks off and go grab 100 pounds and are still able to do your sets that doesn't mean you haven't lost any strength or that you would still be able to do your 1 rep max of 150 pounds. I am just throwing the weights out there as basic examples. Not lifting for 3 weeks most people will definitely lose some strength. I notice it when I miss a workout or 2 in a row.0
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