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I have hit 1RM PR's while being sore, but I wasn't very sore. I have skipped days because it was just too much, usually a lower day.
This is why chest day always comes before back IMO.
I hear to many people say lift while sore. It has always been a serious no no in my book. Theres no reason not to take it easy one more day. Now maybe slightly sore I could see it, but if your body is screamin "godamn I am sore", then it is just silly to go from there. This is just speaking from experience. I find it easy to hit 1rm pr's while sore or not, it really doesnt make a difference, but seems like it would be hard on you in the long run. So again I stress, why not take 1 more day off, its not the end of the world.
CP, do you think it's a good thing to really feel your lats when, say, benching?
So you force your body to adapt. Many times I start a full body program to find myself really sore the first few sessions. Then my body adapts and it fades.
And this is why I dont do total body workouts. I want my body to be 100% before tearing it down again. I see no reason to tear a muscle down again before it has had a chance to recover. Keep in mind you use the time of rest to recover and if a muscle is not completly recovered from its last workout, then your muscle hasnt reached its full recovery potential. Am I making sense? Its always been a philosophy that I have always went by. Now like I say on here all the time, "to each is own". If you can get by with doing it the way you do then thats great, but this is what works best for me.
This does make sense. And this is a very good post. On the norm I go all out on almost every workout. This is why I dont do total body, I am much to stubborn. However I do implement a deload or a week off every 2 months or so. Its just what I have always done. I have had great success with everything I have did in the past (not saying what you are saying is wrong, because its not I believe it is right on!). However I always think that rest is more important than pushing the envelope and training while sore. I do think that the body would adapt and CP is right there. I on a personal standpoint cant allow my body to train while sore. I absolutly love lifting weights and I dont want to take it to a point where I dread going to the gym and thats a big reason why I wouldnt want to train while I was sore.
With all that being said I think you explained yourself very well and you have however opened my eyes to some things. If I ever do decide to do a total body workout then I will be sure to add some of the things that you touched on. Appreciate the time you took to write all of that, it is good information.