Hey guys, just wondering what you all think about feeder workouts while on cycle - some examples are things like 100 reps of one exercise with super light weight just to get some blood flowing to the muscle. Most commonly, people do feeder workouts for arms and shoulders. I'm not sure what I think about it, but I want to know your opinions.
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The only person I have ever heard of doing these is Rich Piana. I would be interested to hear if any of it is backed by science
Personally not unless there is an added functional benefit or benefit in doing it for a particular sport you're training for or maybe work, i wouldnt do it. If i want to do high rep work, id go 15 reps max.. If i want that additional burn id half the weight after the 15 reps and do as many reps possible at that weight. But to do 100 reps it would be so light on cant imagine it having any other effect than endurance and cardio. Maybe a form of cardio if you cant run, cycle or row?
Good thought, I felt as though 100 reps was a bit of overkill as well, seeing as muscular hypertrophe usually is reached in the 8-12 range, sometimes 15.Originally Posted by Paradox
My understanding of the feeder workout is to "feed" the muscles with fresh blood, oxygen, nutrients etc. They aren't supposed to take the place of your normal workout.
Rich Piana does them before he goes to bed each night but doing that totally stuffs my sleep. My biceps, triceps and shoulders could always be bigger so I was thinking of throwing in a few sets of 100 on the days that don't train them. I will do them at the gym, not before bed. I will report back in 11 weeks with the results of my highly scientific study haha. All of the Test, Deca and Var that I'm taking may give a biased result tho
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lol thanks for the feed back I was wondering about that I know after a certain amount of light reps does go into a cardio type workout ,I was just inquiring what peoples thoughts were on this I thought about trying it . I use a wide range of reps at the gym I know you are suppose to keep everything together like 6-8 reps on every set but I found that I respond really well to ascending sets on bench press and I go heavy then descending sets on a press machine burning them out I can usually fry my muscles out on a good day in 35 minutes . I just wanna grow that's all I care about maximizing growth potential.
A large part of this Rich Piana feeder workout is triggering a mental response causing growth. The ideology is to see your muscles pumped and essentially trigger a positive mental state immediately before bed, similar to watching a scary movie before bed and having violent dreams. Not sure how valid it is... but the mind IS incredibly powerful and im not sure I disbelieve
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