Thread: Can't get the burn anymore

change your routine.

Feeling the burn is not necessary to see gains. My chest only occasionally is sore or burns the next day anymore. However, I still see gains, and that's what matters to me; I do understand the want for that feeling though.

Try various things to shock your muscles. Supersetting is always nice. Start with a compound exercise and then move to an isolation exercise, or vice versa. The pros and cons of each method of supersetting could be debated all day.

A slow tempo also helps. For example, when I am doing strength training I will currently rep 215-225 about 4 times for bench press. However, if I reduce the tempo so that I do a 3-5 second negative with a 2-3 second positive, then I can only do about 155-165 for 8-10 reps. I find that reduced tempo can make a huge difference. A couple of weeks after I started alternating a slower tempo into my routine I finally broke past my plateau of 250 and hit 260. Maybe it's coincidence, but I don't think so.

Also, military press is primarily a shoulder exercise...

If you are talking about the lactic acid burn (Actually hydrogen) you get while you are working out, eventually your body will become more efficient at channeling this stuff out of the area so, as p-funk suggests, you need to change it up. Supersets would seem to be the logical step.

24 sets for chest?
maybe you are overtraining. i do 8 sets and get a great workout.

I have never done 24 sets even being an "unnatural lifter," not even for back.

If you want burn, start doing 100 reps for every set. You wont grow much and your joints will hate you, but you will get that completely worthless mind blowing burn

Wow, I never looked at his regimen, holy crizap batman...

Too much for one day then? I do this twice a week Monday and Friday. Sooo, split it in half between the 2 days and up the wieght progression faster?

Originally posted by timt
Too much for one day then? I do this twice a week Monday and Friday.

Originally posted by timt
Sooo, split it in half between the 2 days and up the wieght progression faster?

i would train chest once a week with 8 to 10 sets. but with those 8-10 sets you are going to failure. then give your muscles some time to rest.

Originally posted by CowPimp
Feeling the burn is not necessary to see gains. My chest only occasionally is sore or burns the next day anymore. However, I still see gains, and that's what matters to me; I do understand the want for that feeling though.

Try various things to shock your muscles. Supersetting is always nice. Start with a compound exercise and then move to an isolation exercise, or vice versa. The pros and cons of each method of supersetting could be debated all day.

A slow tempo also helps. For example, when I am doing strength training I will currently rep 215-225 about 4 times for bench press. However, if I reduce the tempo so that I do a 3-5 second negative with a 2-3 second positive, then I can only do about 155-165 for 8-10 reps. I find that reduced tempo can make a huge difference. A couple of weeks after I started alternating a slower tempo into my routine I finally broke past my plateau of 250 and hit 260. Maybe it's coincidence, but I don't think so.

Also, military press is primarily a shoulder exercise...

bump on that one. no need for lactic acid to gain.

So you are doing 48 sets for chest in a week? Wow.

If its not working, try something new.

I don't know that its not working but I know that my arms legs and back kill me when I work on them. I just started building up this way a couple of weeks ago, before that it was pretty light lifting so I shouldn't need to change programs yet I will stick to this and watch my gains. Thanks for everyone's help.

i still suggest you do less sets

Don´t worry about the burn man. If you do a lot of repetitions just with the barbell you will get the same effect. It is just latic acid and a psychological thing.