Sunday, September 25, 2011

WOW 48 09/25/2011

Chest press
Row
Leg Press

I do static holds.  This week I raised my target TUL for upper body to 2 minutes.  For the leg press I went back to a conventional machine and aimed for 4 minutes with my legs well bent (in weak position).

After reading a recent post by John Little at the Body by Science site I came away with the idea of judging the intensity of my effort in terms of lactic acid burn.  On the conventional leg press I had previously reached a point where I could hold all of the weight for 3 minutes in weak position.  This week I decided to back off on the weight and try for 4 minutes.  I only made it to 3.5 minutes and the acid burn was more intense than anything I have felt before.  It seemed that the pain continued to intensify for 30 seconds to a minute after I put the weight down.  For my next workout I will use lighter weight in weak position for my upper body exercises as well (but with 2 min TUL target) and see if I can further intensify the burn for upper body exercises.

This workout was performed with 11 days rest.  I will continue to target between 7 and 10 days recovery between workouts.

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