I am not a poster. I am a crispy critter.

[The Zontron 7000]

I am an internet java script sent to infiltrate your site and transform you from political neanderthals into a modern 21st Century progressive mode.

This is your first warning.

Do not try and resist.

It is useless.

Accept your fate.

You will be assimilated.

[EsmeraldaA]

'Nite hon.

[Monkey Face]

Sweet dreams, Es!
I hope your headache is gone tomorrow.

[Dead Corpse]

Y'all went to bed early last night. 10:30? Jeepers.

[NicknamedBob]

So how are you doing today, Sport?

[Dead Corpse]

Doing good. A bit sore from the thrashing I gave my pecs/shoulders yesterday morning, but that was to be expected. I always seem to go a bit over board when doing my initial break down phase. Yesterdays workout was a bit different. Instead of doing my normal pyramid sets, I just tried throwing every movement I could think of at my pecs/shoulders with light weights and "pump up" sets. I must have done at least a dozen different exercises. Four sets each with repetitions to failure. I don't think I actually lifted more than 225 lbs at any one time, but I did a LOT of reps.

This should help get my joints and ligature back in shape before I up the weight and drop some of the reps. I'm at an age where joint injuries are a primary concern. I'm not 24 any more.

Other than that... still plotting the overthrow of the Worlds major governments.

[NicknamedBob]

"I'm not 24 any more."

Heck, I'm not even 48 anymore!

Don't know if I'll be able to do any those newfangled exercises witcha, 'bro, I got a mess of firewood to split up.

And I agree with you. Muscle strength is not the primary concern; one can always find a longer lever. Our joints and ligaments begin to fail on us though, long before we're willing to consign ourselves to the rocking chair.

It reminds me of John Campbell's book, "The Moon Is Hell." In the story, it was as if everyone was getting prematurely old from dietary deficiencies.

[Dead Corpse]

I've known too many old farts with whipcord for muscles. Ligaments are all they seem to be made of. Not consigning yourself to a rocker to begin with seems to be the key.

And yeah... there are guys out there older than you are that are not only lifting for strength, but actually compete. The "Over 75" class is a rarified atmosphere, but it does exist.

[King Prout]

UTS MJOLNIR

[Dead Corpse]

Nope. We aren't actually ever going to decide on a name. "Flying Castle" seems to be the leader for those who have lost interest in any real name.

Maybe we should just call it the UTS Mediocrity since we can't come to a concensus and no one will be 100% happy with anyone elses suggestions.

[NicknamedBob]

Are you speaking of the UTS Dead Issue?

[Dead Corpse]

Nope. Not any more.

[EsmeraldaA]

Nope.
Not to bed.

[NicknamedBob]

Just a question.

How can I build stamina, other than by what I'm doing, which is getting exhausted?

[Dead Corpse]

Putting that kind of stress on your muscles is the only way to get them to get used to it. Stamina/endurance works a completely different part of a muscle fiber than just strength does. The only way to keep building up stamina is to continually push beyond what was your previsou limit. You will hit plateau's and may eventually hit your own personal biological limit.

[NicknamedBob]

Okay then.

Back to the woodpile.

[Dawsonville_Doc]

Putting that kind of stress on your muscles is the only way to get them to get used to it. Stamina/endurance works a completely different part of a muscle fiber than just strength does. The only way to keep building up stamina is to continually push beyond what was your previsou limit. You will hit plateau's and may eventually hit your own personal biological limit.

Thus the rationale behind alternating strength and cardio work?

[NicknamedBob]

I never used a rationale on it, Doc. I just figure when you get tired of doing one thing, you start doing something else.

As long as you keep standing up, you're winning.

[Monkey Face]

I bet you went to bed earlier than I did...by at least an hour...;o]

[Dead Corpse]

Thus the rationale behind alternating strength and cardio work?

Mostly. Depends on what goals you have set for yourself. Me? I just wanna look good. I don't care what my weight is as long as I don't look like a slob. If I hit 300, I'm fine with that as long as it also looks like I could exit a building without having to worry about a door being present.

You can either train a muscle for size, or you can train it for stamina. Doing both at the same time isn't optimal for either. Instead, alternating your workout plans helps train up each area individually and optimally. I normally only do enough cardio to count as a warm up. About 15 minutes at a medium-high intensity. Any other stamina I garner relates only to how many of what type of repetitions I do.

Training for stamina uses almost no weights at all other than body weight. Running. Biking. Spinning. Ect.. all concentrate more on the heart and lungs than it does on strength. Being able to continue to get those muscles to twitch is a completely different beast than trying to get a maximal contraction out of that same muscle.

Some try and do both at the same time. To the best of my knowledge, this can garner some seriously mixed results. You will either be too pumped up to keep up a cardio workout, or too exhausted to lift effectively. Best to just split up your training program over a course of month to alternate back and forth every few weeks. I would recommend a program that alternates every two months. This is a little longer than what some might recommend, but I don't burn out quite as fast as some do either.

My 2 cents. Worth the electrons its printed on... ;-)

[Dead Corpse]

Yep. It's a good start at least... ;-)