Another Look At High Rep Work And Heavy Lifting

Doing high rep training does have its benefits but it's not worth training for it daily. It's not a requirement, for most people, it's a choice and if it works for them cool, keep at if it's important to you. Where in the real world are you planning to do a pull-up somewhere that you'll be doing it more than once? The military? That's really the only place where you'll be doing that or if you're training for a sport. Pull-Ups are essential and have solid benefits but in reality, you don't need to do a ton of them in a row unless that's part of your training regimen. Now if you did them using tension and can only do a few, that may be more beneficial than just banging them out half assing it. 

Don't get me wrong, I'll do a few in sets myself but that's really about it, I get just as strong and I'm content with doing a few at a time. Telling people you can do as many as 25 perfect ones or something in a row and not actually have footage, you're lying you ass off and you're proving doing that many may be impressive but to who really? Same with Push-ups, shit I'd rather do a push-up that lasts a minute or longer on one rep than bang out whatever number trying to be a part of a group of those who do hundreds a day, that's awesome you can do that but what situation would you be doing hundreds of them for? See where I'm going with this.

The most common people who do any form of high rep training is either a person in prison, a pro athlete, a maniacal fitness fanatic or a movie star preparing for a role, the majority aren't required to do it. The prisoner does it because it's needed for survival because what else is he going to do during the day? He's locked up and has a small window of time to go outside in the yard and have a couple quick meals (unless he's in Solitary Confinement and he's in there 24/7) and that's it, not that big of a life and has be on his toes cause his life may depend on it. 

These are opinions more than anything but in my experience, it's not always pretty when you push yourself so hard it can lead to an injury and you don't let the body adapt and let things heal up. I've gone so hard at times that I needed to just heal and focus on Joint Loosening or Isometrics the next day and that's more than enough. Too many fall for this notion that if you do countless reps daily it's going to put you in elite classes, sure for a while but when you're starting to hurt more than feeling good like with bad knees, elbow problems, shoulder imbalances, ankle issues and your back has just been taking a beating, is it really worth all that effort? 

As of right now, when it comes to high rep training it's either with Bands, Step Ups or Hammer work and neither of these occur all the time, otherwise I'm doing Isometrics, One Arm Carries, Slams, Animal Movements, Chest Expander and the PUGS where I often don't do more than 50-60 in a workout cause they're that intense, did 100 once and haven't done that many since. Fuck I've done Isometric Holds on those and that's brutal. Physically, I don't have knee pain, no elbow problems, shoulders feel great and my back is just as strong and durable as ever, None of which came from doing high reps all the time, I've tried that and had to back off cause it burned me out and had to switch things up. 

When it comes to heavy weights, going hard on them too often or not understanding the mechanics can lead to tragedy more than triumph. Unless you're training for competition or whatever, it's not worth your health for things outside the gym or your garage. Can lift 500 lbs? Cool, so have other people, it's impressive from a weight training point of view and shows incredible strength but it's only temporary strength. People may not like me saying this and that's ok. Where other than the gym are you lifting 500 lbs? In most places, you'd either be crushed or need a forklift cause not every place has things that are the same as a barbell. My best bench is 305, there are plenty of guys who can do far more than that but overall, is it really that important to be praised for? I don't train bench much at all anymore and can still go into a gym and press up close to 300, last time I hit about 290. Great, how about them Giants?

The point is, if you're goal oriented to do high rep work frequently or do heavy weights to get stronger, that's all well and great and hope you're successful and have less chances of getting injured but from a realistic point of view, it's better to focus on things that not only make you durable and have solid conditioning but to be strong for a long period of time instead of only seconds in comparison. There's also less chances of needing surgery later down the road. I've only been in the hospital for something needed done once in the the last 14 years, unless I was getting test done or getting a physical (which I've only done once or twice since I was in my 20's), I haven't been checked into a hospital for anything severe and haven't had to be cut open to have something repaired since 2005. The closest thing I've come to checking in myself for was a chiropractor to fix some stuff in my neck and my back, that's it LOL. When I was laid up with my sciatica injuries, I never went to the hospital, not once, I took some painkillers, slept on a mattress on a floor space, gave my body time to heal, do Isometrics and eventually DDP Yoga and I made it through. 

Train according to your needs and goals, you don't have to listen to me either, if you want to do all that stuff, awesome and make the best of it and make it worth it for you. Just giving you an idea of what things can occur and what you can do to prevent certain things. You got the power to do something great for yourself, just don't sacrifice your well being for it otherwise it'll just lead to misery and pain. Doing high rep work too frequently can have consequences that you don't want later in life, same thing can be said about heavy weights; it can bite you in the ass if you don't do things properly and understand that very few things outside of that have benefits in real life situations. Do what's possible and be aware.

Here's an idea of what I mean.....

Be amazingly awesome and take care of your body. Strengthen those bones like they were Vibranium, make those tendons like steel cords and develop muscle that is functional and lasts. 

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