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Why Scaling Back On Your Workouts Is The Key To Bigger Gains, According To Trainers
AOL ^ | 02/14/2025 | Addison Aloian, NASM-CPT

Posted on 02/23/2025 1:27:41 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

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To: metmom

Yep. Rest periods for muscle groups of 48 hrs. But cardio & alternate muscle groups every day unless tired in general.

I often lay out on the Sabbath, but that’s just me. Sundays are a beautiful day for a gentle workout.


21 posted on 02/23/2025 4:18:46 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: suthener

Body building may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.


22 posted on 02/23/2025 4:21:49 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not sure how to scale back from zero....


23 posted on 02/23/2025 4:24:40 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Regular deloads are critical to maintaining gains, preventing overtraining, and avoiding injury. Shame it took me 20 years to figure that out.


24 posted on 02/23/2025 5:31:35 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“you’re lazy”1

“No I’m deloading”


25 posted on 02/23/2025 6:00:36 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: RoosterRedux

“Body building may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.”

Eating a good diet may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.

See how stupid that sounds? That’s how your comment sounds to me.


26 posted on 02/24/2025 5:40:37 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: suthener
You’re using a false equivalency (a logical fallacy) in your argument. Bodybuilding and eating a healthy diet are not fundamentally equivalent.

Are you suggesting that bodybuilding is not primarily focused on aesthetics?

27 posted on 02/24/2025 6:13:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: suthener

Are you conflating bodybuilding with weight training?


28 posted on 02/24/2025 6:26:24 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: RoosterRedux

“Bodybuilding and eating a healthy diet are not fundamentally equivalent.”

Why not? They both potentially make you healthier and look better aesthetically. The motivation for a person to participate in either one is strictly for their own reasons. Vanity? Perhaps. Healthy lifestyle? Maybe. Just a personal challenge to see what they can do? Another possibility.

Am I conflating bodybuilding and weight lifting? Maybe I am. One you lift weights and the other you...lift weights.

“You’re using a false equivalency (a logical fallacy) in your argument.”

That comment makes you look really smart, except that it’s a false premise.


29 posted on 02/24/2025 11:31:00 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: suthener
As I said, “Bodybuilding and eating a healthy diet are not fundamentally equivalent.”

Here's why:

Bodybuilding, even at a non-professional level, often involves unhealthy extremes due to its competitive nature. These include joint and muscle injuries from heavy lifting, cardiovascular strain from excess muscle mass, and metabolic issues from frequent bulking and cutting. Restrictive diets and dehydration can cause nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, and kidney problems.

Mentally, the pressure to maintain a certain physique can lead to body image issues and disordered eating.

While moderate weightlifting with proper nutrition and training is healthy, bodybuilding's emphasis on ever-increasing muscle size and low body fat can negatively impact overall health.

Are you a bodybuilder?

I have been lifting weights for over 50 years and love it. But I am not a bodybuilder. Just an athlete.

30 posted on 02/24/2025 11:50:57 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: RoosterRedux

“Are you a bodybuilder?”

I do, and have done, a bodybuilding workout for 35 years. I have never competed, and at this point never will. I totally understand people who use the excuses in your comment. Bodybuilding is hard. You might strain a muscle for crying out loud. The last thing most people want to do is wake up one day and accidentally have “excessive body mass”, because that happens all the time. Let’s look at the words in your copy and paste:

often involves
can cause
can lead
can negatively

Personally, I’ll take the risk. You can have the last word.


31 posted on 02/24/2025 12:46:35 PM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: suthener

Snarkiness is a sign of weakness.


32 posted on 02/24/2025 12:49:23 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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