Thread: Sit-ups vs. Crunches

Originally Posted by djwolford

Well I'll try to make the story short. More or less, whenever you work your muscles, you're causing microscopic tears in your muscle tissues. The point of working out is generally to try to get those muscles built back stronger and/or larger and/or denser than before. You need recovery time(Usually around 48 hours, depending on genetics, nutrition, age, and a whole list of other things.) for your body to rebuild those tissues effectively. If you don't give your body enough time to rebuild, you risk overtraining, which can cause a whole list of problems including loss of strength, loss of muscle mass, fatigue, headaches, appetite loss, lack of motivation, etc.

I understood the tearing your muscle to make it stronger thing, but I never heard the 48 hour rule.
I mean because my blood is so fucking thick, my body always heals fast, but I can completely bounce back after a 90 minute gym session in about 12 hours.

Originally Posted by Sion

I understood the tearing your muscle to make it stronger thing, but I never heard the 48 hour rule.
I mean because my blood is so fucking thick, my body always heals fast, but I can completely bounce back after a 90 minute gym session in about 12 hours.

If any part of your body is thick its your head.

Originally Posted by Sion

I understood the tearing your muscle to make it stronger thing, but I never heard the 48 hour rule.
I mean because my blood is so fucking thick, my body always heals fast, but I can completely bounce back after a 90 minute gym session in about 12 hours.

If you can bounce back that fast, step up the intensity. Less rest, and more compound moves.

How has the progress been?

Originally Posted by Tekk

If you can bounce back that fast, step up the intensity. Less rest, and more compound moves.

How has the progress been?

as a 135 lb, 5'5 16 year old male, my benchpress went from 185 to 235 in 7 weeks, and my punches went from 80 per minute to 125 per minute at medium intensity (muy thai)
my legs are getting better because i started doing TKD, and i've already noticed a significant increase in the height of my kicks.
i've been working out activley for little over 2 months now.