Indeed: "Rest days" were never meant to be taken as literally resting all day!
1/McGuff builds-in at -least- one day a week when the trainee is already fully
recuperated, but doesn't yet go back to strength-training . WHY? To USE his new
strength in his daily activities, (the reason he's trying to attain more
strength in the first place). Obviously these 'daily activities' would have to
be fairly strenuous to use any new strength. 2/McGuff recommends backing off on
-training- when real life requires greater energy expenditures, not the other
way around. 3/Some -relatively- low- intensity exercise every day has a positive
effect on stress hormones without interfering with the sparser, more intense
strength training. What level of int sity and volume achieves these goals must
be discovered via each individual's trial and error.--- In
Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com, smkyrouac <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Interesting article. However; to their credit, Sisco, Little, Reno, and even
Dr. McDuff have at one time or another advocated walking or regular recreational
activities on the non training day. I am not sure that the above authors would
really disagree with the position advocated by the paper to mix in moderate
activity in between strength training sessions. Similarly, Alex and Mrkllyd are
unlikely to argue against such a position based on previous comments. I have not
read any of Shawn's comments on the subject recently, but I assume he would have
a similar position.
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> Michael Hefner, I am familiar with the hand grip studies. Physicians are still
debating the mechanism of why there is often a reduction in blood pressure after
one hand is clinched for several seconds and then released. Some opine that it
triggers a relaxation type of reflex by increasing blood pressure and then
reducing it after the restriction in flow is absent. I have certainly read
theories about NO2 release.
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> On a different subject, if you could get your machine to give pressure
readings over a small (4 to 6" ) ROM, I think your machine could have even more
uses and deliver even more potential benefit. Just something to think of for
those who insist on some movement and not just pure static training. It could
definitely be used by the HIT crowd. Just a thought...
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> --- In Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com, "James Ashby" <james_ashby@> wrote:
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> > http://cbass.com/McGuff-Maffetone.htm
> >
> > At this link you can see a discussion of the merits/demerits of high
intensity protocol vs low intensity protocol and some thoughts on integration.
Pretty interesting I think.....
> >
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