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<blockquote data-quote="timewerx" data-source="post: 77418006" data-attributes="member: 314730"><p>Happy Anniversary! I had actually over-eaten on Sunday and resulted to an unplanned Sunday rest day I couldn't resume strength training from feeling stuffed the whole day.</p><p></p><p>I find it a strong motivation to exercise to see my numbers go up on cycling Saturdays and keep beating my previous times.</p><p></p><p>I think the biggest killer of motivation to exercise is experiencing too much difficulty or even pain while doing so. I've been avoiding the strategy of "reps to failure" in strength training. I do my reps and when I begin to struggle, I stop and switch to light cardio as form of rest between reps.</p><p></p><p>I prefer to add weights little by little every two weeks and avoiding reps-to-failure than trying to increase reps or sets until failure while also adding a little more weight each every two weeks. That latter routine is much harder to do and if you're simply trying to lose or maintain weight while keeping yourself strong and healthy, the former routine is much easier to sustain as lifelong routine.</p><p></p><p>I think the no pain, no gain cliche within the context of exercising is overrated. You can still make gains even if your workout routine doesn't cause significant pain nor struggle.</p><p></p><p>It's way worse situation to quit or lose motivation because you find the routine quite difficult or finding the pain unbearable day after day for weeks, months. Instead of gaining through pain, you lose by giving up instead!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timewerx, post: 77418006, member: 314730"] Happy Anniversary! I had actually over-eaten on Sunday and resulted to an unplanned Sunday rest day I couldn't resume strength training from feeling stuffed the whole day. I find it a strong motivation to exercise to see my numbers go up on cycling Saturdays and keep beating my previous times. I think the biggest killer of motivation to exercise is experiencing too much difficulty or even pain while doing so. I've been avoiding the strategy of "reps to failure" in strength training. I do my reps and when I begin to struggle, I stop and switch to light cardio as form of rest between reps. I prefer to add weights little by little every two weeks and avoiding reps-to-failure than trying to increase reps or sets until failure while also adding a little more weight each every two weeks. That latter routine is much harder to do and if you're simply trying to lose or maintain weight while keeping yourself strong and healthy, the former routine is much easier to sustain as lifelong routine. I think the no pain, no gain cliche within the context of exercising is overrated. You can still make gains even if your workout routine doesn't cause significant pain nor struggle. It's way worse situation to quit or lose motivation because you find the routine quite difficult or finding the pain unbearable day after day for weeks, months. Instead of gaining through pain, you lose by giving up instead! [/QUOTE]
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