Should i workout until i drop?

**konainqaz** · 09-30-2007, 12:27 AM

Should i workout until i drop?\
Would i get better muscles gains if i worked out until i could left my arms

**Notoriousyrian** · 09-30-2007, 01:14 AM

no way. don't ever work your arms till they cant function at all. try to go for 4 sets of 10-12 reps, and lift a very challenging weight, also form is key.

**FunkDaddy** · 09-30-2007, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by konainqaz

Should i workout until i drop?\
Would i get better muscles gains if i worked out until i could left my arms

What do you think? Training to absolute failure every day is suicide (gains wise) The only day (imo) that you should really feel absolutely destroyed is leg day.

Once every so often I will just go nuts and destroy myself, more for psychological benefits than anything else, usually before I'm planning to take a break or vacation or whatever.

**TaurusHorizon** · 09-30-2007, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by konainqaz

Should i workout until i drop?\
Would i get better muscles gains if i worked out until i could left my arms

Stay in the teen section with a dumbass question like that.

**Mephisto91** · 09-30-2007, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by TaurusHorizon

Stay in the teen section with a dumbass question like that.

how is it a dumbass question? and the teen section isnt very reliable...

**Beast Genetics** · 09-30-2007, 12:04 PM

NO

**Mephisto91** · 09-30-2007, 12:09 PM

i say you should do bench press until you cant lift anymore

**konainqaz** · 09-30-2007, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by TaurusHorizon

Stay in the teen section with a dumbass question like that.

answer if you have something usefull to say, if not stop wasting my time and your own

**brad71983** · 09-30-2007, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by konainqaz

answer if you have something usefull to say, if not stop wasting my time and your own

you are wasting all our time, so its only fair.

**flangmasterj** · 09-30-2007, 10:59 PM

Normally I would say no but in your case yes. Go hard little man.

**FMedic08** · 09-30-2007, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by Mephisto91

i say you should do bench press until you cant lift anymore

Nice

**crackyflipside** · 10-01-2007, 07:56 AM

Maybe not every single time you train. I know somedays I like to do drop sets where I won't even be able to lift the bar's weight.

**I dont work at Ballys** · 10-01-2007, 08:08 AM

**NY Money Mike** · 10-01-2007, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by konainqaz

Should i workout until i drop?\
Would i get better muscles gains if i worked out until i could left my arms

I try to.....

**FlyingIllini** · 10-01-2007, 08:26 AM

It amazes me how many on people bb.com are concerned about over training and working out too hard. Usually, its with guys who weight about 160-170 lbs.

**Vaper** · 10-01-2007, 08:57 AM

Its those last few reps you squeeze out in intense pain that cause the growth. Do it, vomit, fall over, faint, who the fu*k cares. You think when Dorian Yates walked in the gym he was scared of training to hard ? Get big or die tryin son.

**heatwave13** · 10-01-2007, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by konainqaz

Should i workout until i drop?\
Would i get better muscles gains if i worked out until i could left my arms

As others have noted, NO, don't lift to the point of destroying yourself. At your age, I would lift a moderate amount of weight (maybe 65-70% of max) for 7-10 reps........and don't lift each set until failure.....leave a rep or two in the tank. Then, take the next day off and do some kind of activity like, bike riding, wind sprints, etc. Eat well, sleep enough and you won't burn out.

But, on the other hand, if you push yourself too hard, too quickly, you'll burn out or get injured, which will only frustrate the process and slow you down.

Start moderate and build up gradually in weight and intensity.

**DJAuto** · 10-01-2007, 12:23 PM

What's the matter with you?

**HoosierBoy** · 10-01-2007, 02:05 PM

Yes, especially on bench press. Make sure you don't have a spotter since he would be a distraction.

**CutLoss** · 10-01-2007, 02:21 PM

Overtrain much?

**PowerD** · 10-01-2007, 04:54 PM

Read this

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...66/ai_n8583370

**user179133** · 10-01-2007, 05:20 PM

This is another thread that I had to chime in on even though I'm normally a lurker. Why wouldn't you want to push yourself as hard as possible every workout?

As said earlier in the thread...the gains are made in the last few reps of every set. You make gains by essentially "breaking" your muscles, causing them to build back even stronger. IMHO, you should be pushing yourself as hard as you possibly can for that 45 mins to an hour. Then take the appropriate amount of rest days (varies per person). You should know how your body feels 2-3 days down the road. If you are still noticeably sore, then you didn't let your body rest for long enough, which is where overtraining comes in to play. A few HARD workouts are better than many LAZY workouts.

Who wants to come home from the gym feeling like they stopped early because they didn't want to overtrain? That's called undertraining...which doesn't get you to your goal nearly as fast.

Lift hard every single time you go to the gym.

**Jules Verne** · 10-02-2007, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by caliscr510

IMHO, you should be pushing yourself as hard as you possibly can for that 45 mins to an hour.

That's not the same as working out till you drop though. It's having a plan, getting the job done and working out hard.

Personally I very rarely, if ever, 'workout till I drop', but I certainly couldn't entertain any form of reasonable cardio after lifting. There's a bit difference there.

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