Do your muscles know the difference?

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Richfw Posts: 6 Member

June 2018 edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise

Do your muscles know the difference between doing, let’s say, 1 pushup per hour for 16 hours versus 16 straight pushups?

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  lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member

  June 2018

  Yes, they will be tireder after 16 in a row.

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  Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member

  June 2018

  There is more stimulas to the muscles the more you rep in a set. So the benefits would be next to nothing if you only did one every hour if you could do 16 in one set.
  
  

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  AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member

  June 2018

  Yes. There will be more fiber recruitment in a set of 16 vs. a set of 1. A set of 1 isn't going to create enough stimulus to trigger an adaptation.

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