Yesterday while I was in the shower (where I do my best thinking) I was thinking about how sore I was from working out after a very long time.
If you all would recall the other thread about tearing muscles, I have since recovered and gotten back on the weights. Unfourtunately, I have gone down in strength. I am estimating about ten or fifteen pounds.
While thinking, I was wondering two things:
1.) How do some people work out so much and not be sore for so long? In the past, I have heard many, many things about how some people work out the same muscles everyday, or maybe even twice a day. I found this insane as I thought more, because I was so damn sore.
So is it a case of willpower? Or is it that these people are physically different, rather, is it conditioning? If I get on that bench or what have you and workout everday and ignore the soreness, will I be better off?
In the case of many kung fu practitioners, they practice everday, so does this contribute to their ability to condition themselves past the point of being sore?
and the second though;
2.) Why do I lose strength so much? My cousin who is a physician told me that if I were to strngth train, I would have to do it everyday and if I didn't, I would lose muscle strength, density, etc fast. He said "especially us being asian" or something. Do asian people tend to lose strength easier than others? If so, why?
Thanks for reading.
If you all would recall the other thread about tearing muscles, I have since recovered and gotten back on the weights. Unfourtunately, I have gone down in strength. I am estimating about ten or fifteen pounds.
While thinking, I was wondering two things:
1.) How do some people work out so much and not be sore for so long? In the past, I have heard many, many things about how some people work out the same muscles everyday, or maybe even twice a day. I found this insane as I thought more, because I was so damn sore.
So is it a case of willpower? Or is it that these people are physically different, rather, is it conditioning? If I get on that bench or what have you and workout everday and ignore the soreness, will I be better off?
In the case of many kung fu practitioners, they practice everday, so does this contribute to their ability to condition themselves past the point of being sore?
and the second though;
2.) Why do I lose strength so much? My cousin who is a physician told me that if I were to strngth train, I would have to do it everyday and if I didn't, I would lose muscle strength, density, etc fast. He said "especially us being asian" or something. Do asian people tend to lose strength easier than others? If so, why?
Thanks for reading.
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