When doing calisthenics to failure, is that just as stressful as lifting heavy weights to failure?
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To your muscles, they do not know if you are pushing or lifting your body, a big rock, or even a set of weights. WEIGHT is WEIGHT.\n\nWhen you exercise to failure, your muscles are simply worn out.\nIf you exercise AGAIN, the same day, after you have worn out your muscles, you are damaging your muscles, not helping them.\n\nIf you want to get good results; do your exercises, and then rest a day before you exercise again. The muscles grow stronger and healthier when they are resting, not when you are exercising.\n\nNOW for the difference with calisthenics and weightlifting. \n\nWhen you do weightlifting, you can choose how much weight you are lifting. When you do calisthenics, or even pushups, the amount of weight you push against or lift, is based entirely on the weight of your body. You cannot add weight, or take weight away.\n\nSoooo, if your are not physically fit enough to push or lift against your body weight, you strain and sprain yourself into injury. With weights, you can CHOOSE how much to lift and avoid injury if what you want to lift is too heavy. Simply cut back on the weights.\n\nBottom line, weightlifting will take you further, with rest included, than any other exercise.
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We appear heavier if we  take a posture that requires the "lifter" to use their strength to not only lift us but to "bundle" us or shape us into a position or form that is liftable. If we are uncooperative, the lifter must do two tasks, and must divide their strength between the tasks, leaving less strength for the lifting alone.
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Muscle building = fewer reps + heavier weights\nToning = more reps + less poundage
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depends how much weight you use and how many reps you do. its good to do a lot of reps at lower levels and work up gradually to heavier weights to avoid injury and build muscle steadily
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Well, you are doing better than me.  I can press 185 if I am lucky, the barometric pressure is right, and I am having a good day, but usually, I can't lift that much.\n\nThings that have helped me is having a structured program, and going to the gym regularly.  I also watch what I eat and make sure I get rest, so that worked muscles can repair themselves.\n\nI am interested to see the other responses you get to this, as I may benefit from this as well.
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Nothing as natural as this is harmful in any way whatsoever.  Us guys right after this, though, lose interest almost immediately and like to relax.  That is not the same as feeling weak.  We simply have worked out and then want to take it easy for a bit.
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yes because when u lift weights, u dont "gain muscle", u tear your body tissue. Then, ur body will heal the tissue and make it stronger. thus, strengthening ur muscle. if u lift weights everyday ur body wont have a chance to heal the tissue that u have tore. It is best to alternate days when u exercise. 1 day lift weights, next day go jogging, then lift weights again, then jogging again.
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Lift heavy and only do a few reps like 3 or 4 and only do 3 or 4 sets. Make it hard to lift but not so heavy you can't.
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If you streach too much your muscles wont have the rigidity or strenth that they would normally have.  This comes with over streaching.  It can be counteracted with weight training though.  There should be training on flexibility and strenght at the same time so that way your muscles remain strong and flexible.  It slows the flexibility process down but is much safer than flexibility alone
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More weight, less reps. That builds power... the other way around builds endurance.
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yes. sometimes, when you lift too much, with poor technique, it can effect your spine, and effect how tall or short you ultimately are.
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If your goal is "strengthening" as you say, then biking would be better. Biking offers more resistance and stress to the muscles of both the legs and arms. Reistance and stress on the muscles build muscle and strength. \n\nIf you are just starting a fitness program from a fair inactive lifestyle, you might want to consider walking as a "first step."
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Your bones respond to stress by rebuilding themselves in a way to better stand those stresses. If the same stress is applied over and over, like with weight training, the bones will become more and more resistant to that type of stress, and become stronger. This is the basis of wolfe's law. Weight training is a great way to build up bone density and strength in people that are able to tolerate it.
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I think it depends on how bad the break is.  With some breaks, you also tear muscles.  I think the breaks hur the worst though from my experience.
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You might still be less strong or barely stronger than the top weightlifters and powerlifters. And let's not get into the mental part. Sorry.
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Over-stressing the muscles. Like going for a really long bike ride when you haven't been on a bike in awhile and being unable to walk afterwards lol.
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Harder for a few days. But when you get back to Ca, it will be easier. That's why athletes train at altitude..............