Russian roulette (muscle confusion) challenge!!!!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    jacksonpt wrote: »

    www.marksdailyapple.com/muscle-imbalances/#axzz4DIba5wiM

    To much running is bad for your health. And you dont have to do this workout. I simply posted it, but of course they're has to be negative feedback.

    Welcome to MFP, where the only right answer is to eat a little less and to do Strong Lifts.

    That's actually quite a good précis
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited July 2016
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  • mathewscarlett
    mathewscarlett Posts: 51 Member
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    If you dont want to do the workout. Dont
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,391 MFP Moderator
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    jacksonpt wrote: »

    www.marksdailyapple.com/muscle-imbalances/#axzz4DIba5wiM

    To much running is bad for your health. And you dont have to do this workout. I simply posted it, but of course they're has to be negative feedback.

    Welcome to MFP, where the only right answer is to eat a little less and to do Strong Lifts.

    The workout should align to your goals. If you just want a nice physique, then programs like P90X, insanity, body beast, and all other beachbody programs, will be sufficient. They burn calories, can make you stronger, and can help you reach your goals.

    Don't make the concept of muscle confusion right. Muscles don't adapt that quickly to one exercise.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    usmcmp wrote: »

    www.marksdailyapple.com/muscle-imbalances/#axzz4DIba5wiM

    Still has nothing to do with muscle confusion

    Did you read the whole thing. It talks about muscle imbalance. And it talks a lot about isolation and those standard workouts that most people make the mistake of doing over and over. Well muscle confusion helps stop muscle imbalance by constantly switching workouts.

    Muscle confusion does not correct muscle imbalance. Muscle imbalance is when one muscle is stronger than the opposing one. It is fixed by working antagonist muscles to strengthen the weak points.

    The concept of muscle confusion is the idea that changing your workout every few weeks will provide better results than sticking to the same plan for months on end. The reality of that is that you simply need to increase effort in some way to keep making progress. If you only ever do 20 push ups daily you'll stop making progress. If you do 20 for a few weeks and then 30, 40, 50, and more then you'll make progress.

    Thats not the only type of muscle confusion their is.
    Im talking about (muscle confusion workouts).
    And you answered why muscle confusion helps muscle imbalance. By (changing) the workouts you do to strengthen the weeker muscle that are getting neglected.

    I'm not sure I can even, right now.

    The concept of muscle confusion is exactly what USMCMP described. You are the only person I've ever encountered who uses the term differently and I doubt you could provide a single example of someone else using it in the way that you are.
    Also, saying "I'm talking about (muscle confusion workouts)" doesn't provide any more information or context for what you're talking about when claiming that "That's not the only type of muscle confusion their [sic] is."

    Furthermore, she did not answer "why muscle confusion helps muscle imbalance." She explained that muscle imbalance is corrected by doing opposing movements (triceps extensions in opposition to bicep curls, for example) and not by "muscle confusion." And no, she wasn't talking about "(changing) [sic] the workouts you do to strengthen the weeker [sic] muscle that are getting neglected." She was explaining that the actual concept of muscle confusion is doing an alternate exercise to strengthen the same muscle in a different way. Whereas correcting imbalances is done by working other muscles entirely.

    For clarity, "muscle confusion" still does not mean what you think it means.

    Neither do parentheses.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    If you dont want to do the workout. Dont

    Or just tell us who it would actually benefit and what they could hope to gain from doing it.

    Other than "because muscle confusion," of course.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    I'm picturing putting a loaded barbell in a power cage, hanging upside down in the power cage, and unracking the barbell - all while hoping the bar doesn't come down and crash into your face.

    IOW: yes, I can see how that would be confusing.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    TR0berts wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    I'm picturing putting a loaded barbell in a power cage, hanging upside down in the power cage, and unracking the barbell - all while hoping the bar doesn't come down and crash into your face.

    IOW: yes, I can see how that would be confusing.

    I would call this Weighted Hanging Crunches but that would alleviate the confusion and destroy all the mass gainz.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode

    #HaveYouSeenTheseGuns
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    TR0berts wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    I'm picturing putting a loaded barbell in a power cage, hanging upside down in the power cage, and unracking the barbell - all while hoping the bar doesn't come down and crash into your face.

    IOW: yes, I can see how that would be confusing.

    I would call this Weighted Hanging Crunches but that would alleviate the confusion and destroy all the mass gainz.

    Yup, the gainz are in the wording... If you call it the wrong thing, #nogainzforyou
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,391 MFP Moderator
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode

    #HaveYouSeenTheseBuns

    Unfortunately.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    psulemon wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode

    #HaveYouSeenTheseBuns

    Unfortunately.

    Touche, my friend....Touche.






    #youknowyoulikedit
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode

    #HaveYouSeenTheseBuns

    Unfortunately.

    Touche, my friend....Touche.






    #youknowyoulikedit

    giggle......tooshy.........giggle........
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    I cycled up Zig Zag Road today then turned round and cycled back down and it was still Zig Zag Road but my muscles got really confused because they expected it to be Zag Zig going downwards - they were so confused I got PRs both ways. It works!

    All these people are so negative... :smiley:


    OP - the challenges forum may have a more receptive audience to weird and wonderful ideas.
  • mathewscarlett
    mathewscarlett Posts: 51 Member
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    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    If you dont want to do the workout. Dont

    Or just tell us who it would actually benefit and what they could hope to gain from doing it.

    Other than "because muscle confusion," of course.

    Well it will help you lose weight, and give you good cardio. It will not only improve muscle strength, but muscle endurance as well. Andi suggest someone who is in shape try this.

    And you can make 3 of these workouts or more, and alternate them like workout a, and b.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
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    psulemon wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I did upside down deadlifts today. It twas quite confusing.

    Which was upside down? You or the deadlifts?

    Both, *kitten* was intense, yo.

    #BeastMode

    #HaveYouSeenTheseBuns

    Unfortunately.

    #hoggedthemtoyourself