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Originally Posted by alden003
Looking good. How long are your workouts now? From what I understand cortisol begins to kick in some time with in 45 minutes to an hour of lifting. Remember more is not alway better. - L-Glutamine 10-15 grams after workout.
- Chormium to control blood sugar. Insulin spikes can lean to raised cortisol.
- B and C vitamins.
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Thanks bud, that's what I have been doing.
My workouts are going longer b/c my recovery is ridiculous. I will fail on DB presses (flat bench)-and then after working another muscle group for five min I can go and do another heavy set. The crazy thing is...I can usually squeeze out a couple extra reps. It doesn't matter what group I'm working either. The only exercises I haven't been able to duplicate this with is Leg Curls and Extensions. I think that is because I do 6-7 set of DL's (before hams) and 6-7 set of Squats (before ext) on the days I do those. So failure is absolute. But it feels absolutely fantastic.
A for instance: I have a bad left shoulder. Can't barbell bench for crap right now, but I can do all other sorts of presses no problem. But even when I am doing the DB presses from the flat position, when I am failing it's on my left side-but there is no pain as there would have been a little discomfort before. But even with this hindrance, I can come back five minutes later and do my identical weight that I failed out on at say 4 or 5 reps and push it 6 times-and then do a neg 8-count to finish it off. I've just never experienced that kind of recovery. So I get in extra sets as often as possible now when I am at the gym. So my weight training is going into the 75-100min range. Shoot, last night I did over my usual 30 sets and then jumped on the treadmill for 45 min of cardio. I probably would have kept going but my pump was so intense in my arms they kinda hurt. Vascularity was awesome, best its been in a while (probably more due to the cardio-kick as of late), but the pump was freakish. Better than the first time I tried NO-Explode (don't do that anymore, talk about splats).
So far the only sides I hae witnessed is oily skin and a shorter fuse. But frequent bathing and better sleep will probably subside these.
I believe I am a full week + 2 days in...so far= 9.5 (good s*** maynard)
