/fit/ - Fitness, Health, Exercise, Dieting, etc

Easy. When you do your last set for each exercise, just keep going. If you can't anymore with a specific weight, then just decrease a bit till you can't and then decrease to the point where the lowest weight feels like heavy weights

>>142994

This man is correct. It's the eccentrics that give you the muscle ache. You can go for heavier weights than you can resist and get them up by cheating the concentrics and then simply try to slow down the eccentrics as much as you can for the fastest result. Just don't be so retarded to do that with exercises that pull you out of your range of motion if you lose control.

If you're talking about the immediate soreness/burning sensation you need to increase the metabolic stress on your muscles. There are a lot of ways to accomplish that. The goal is to keep contracting your muscle as strongly as possible without rest to trap chemicals resulting from the training in your muscles. A good way to do that is drop sets. You simply start with heavy loads and go down to lighter ones each time you're about to be unable to do any more repetitions. When you reach really light weights your muscles should feel really pumped and you're struggling to resist the burn. Resistance bands are a good way to keep tension on the whole range of motion without giving the muscle time to rest and also make adjusting of resistance a lot faster. It's by far the most fun part of resistance training for me.

Ideally you should also aim for these things in addition to simply lifting heavier in every workout if you want the most out of your time or if you're stuck on a plateau.

>wanting doms

you realize that the its not like the more sore you feel the faster you get swole right?

>>142994

thank u

>>143005

yes i am aware

>>142991

Hold reps in the stress position and also do slow, controlled reps with controlled, relaxed breathing. Full body flexing after a set is also good. After you finish a set, contract/flex all your muscles as hard as possible.

>>142991

You're a weird guy, but I can somewhat relate.

>>143005

Would there be any other benefits to it though?

for minor aches & pains apply castor oil or olive oil to the ache,

do this multiple times a day till the ache goes away, use this in

conjunction with whatever else you do,

I've done this for sore knees, back pain etc,

it's not a miracle but in time it works but yeah use your other methods

of pain relief in conjunction, I am lead to believe it increases blood flow

in the injury,

I took this from the bible where the good Samaritan pours oil & wine

on the victim's wounds & yeah it works,

>>143039

>Would there be any other benefits to it though?

No. Just because you're sore, doesn't mean you're getting stronger. Just because you aren't sore doesn't mean you're not getting stronger.

They only thing that matters is whether or not your lifts go up.