Set Higher Standards by YogiRavi

I talked last week about my experience with the Static Contraction workout technique. This post follows up on my experience after the workout.

Immediately following the workout I had a very good feeling. I felt moderatly pumped, but not so trashed that I couldn’t function like a normal human being. The following day, my arms (biceps and triceps) were very sore, but my chest and back felt only a little tight. It was pretty clear that my arms were shocked by having to handle that much weight. 48 hours after the workout, my arms were still sore. Three days after the workout, the soreness was pretty much gone.

I haven’t hit the weight room again since the last workout, sticking to some bodyweight exercises and yoga. I plan to try my next weight workout sometime this week. One of the supposed benefits of this method of training is that by putting such heavy stress on your muscles, you should only need to lift about once a week (twice a week if you split your workouts into 2 days hitting opposing body parts). The measure of progress is your ability to lift higher weights, or hold the same weight for longer periods of time. I don’t feel like I have lost any strength in the past week, we’ll know for sure in a few days.