Alright. Dynamic and relaxed stretching has to be done within 15-20 minutes of waking (6:45 am). I can do that, but if I do, I have to wait until 9:00 am to do my training because of duties elsewhere. I can't get around this problem, so if I can just warm-up for my workout, that would be great. Thanks.
Hmm.. I always thought atleast for upper body workout if your not sore the next day you did not do a good workout. Is it different for legs?
I think DOMS is more an individual thing, and how your muscle reacts to work. I have a friend that is so lazy in the gym that I won’t even go with him anymore, but he gets DOMS bad, and all over! I always have sore legs after my leg days, I do legs Sundays, and struggle to walk up and down stairs on Mondays! After chest days my chest is so burned out that I struggle to lift my own weight, but in the morning I rarely get pain, just tightness. From what I’ve read, the reason for DOMS is not yet fully understood.
I#m a bit like that. Day after legs weights hurts every time. Flys make the centre of my chest a bit tender most weeks but otherwise i feel ok. Unless i try to do press ups at the end of the weight session lol. I do get DOMS in my biceps and to a greater degree triceps most weeks though. Feels great! haha
I don't mean to double post, but I'm not sure what I should do about it. Is it better to merge, or not? Anyhow, I have a question for you, Superfoot. Should I go easier on stretching every other day? If so, how would I do that with dynamic stretches? Isn't it required to reach your max stretch everyday for dynamic stretches to work?
Ah, good! Superfoot, would you critique my weekend schedule, please? I do strongman training, but there aren't any exercises that specifically target the adducters. I'm planning on doing adducter flyes and reverse lunges. Do you think that's enough? I have attached my workout schedule. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I couldn't post it because the formatting wasn't working. In "Secrets of Stretching" by Tom Kurz, he says you only have to do one set for each direction if you're advanced. Is that right? THANKS!
No probs. Do you mind if I post my response here in case the answer is beneficial to other users, or would you prefer a PM? Principles for strength are the same as for flexibility. You really only need one type of exercise per muscle group, so yes that should be enough. Yes. Maintenance requires less applications than development.
I've started doing leg raises instead of samson stretches in my crossfit warmup It's a good way to get them done
Patrick360, Sorry I haven't had a chance to reply to your question, I'll get round to it this weekend.
Yes, if: 1) You ain't done them in a while; 2) You make a significant increase in your training load (i.e. tensing much harder/longer than before).
Good, because I hadn't done them for a week or so, and when I did them, I tensed for 10 seconds, 10 seconds, and then extra hard for 30 seconds. Please don't rush to critique my schedule, I'm not in a hurry. It's working pretty well for me right now.
Patrick360, Okay, so I finally got round to reviewing your weekly workout. Apologies for the delay! Here's what I thought: You should take out the isometric stretches in your morning workout, especially as you plan to train later in the day. Include them in your evening workout; you don't want to do isometrics in the morning if you have a class that same evening. Apart from that, the rest looks good
