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Contrast training is a unique way to optimize results. Read this article by Lee Boyce about how to incorporate it into your training to pack on lean muscle mass.

By: Lee Boyce Added: March 25th, 2013
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    symptoms of a good workout

    lately i feel like my workouts have been lacking


    what are the symptoms of a good workout


    i feel like sometimes when i work out with a spotter my muscles get so much more sore than when i dont work out with a spotter, my forearms get dead, etc.


    and how often do you get good workouts %wise ?
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    i grade a workout on intensity, the weight i put up, how i feel afterwards etc. Soreness isn't one of those things i worry about. You probably workout harder with a spotter. I dont think theres % of times i have a good workout. I go into each workout the same and try to improve each time and always get better.
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    For me, I just know when I have a good workout. Sometimes, it's a fatigue factor, sometimes it's soreness and sometimes it's just an overall feeling. There are no "symptoms" of a good workout.

    A lot depends on your goals...If you want to increase your weight and you do, it's a good session. If you push yourself and don't reach the extra weight, it might be successful given the effort. If you breeze through it, then it's probably not the ideal workout.

    If you feel your workouts are "lacking" then either up the weight or the reps.
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    When was the last time you changed your routine? If you're not as intense in your workouts as you should be then something needs to be changed!

    Whether that means popping a caffeine pill before working out or working in a different rep range you need to do something to GET PUMPED UP!
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    DEBBIE GIBSON on the iPod will get you psyched!!!

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    Don't worry about rating a single workout - rate your progress over time.
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    The only symptom of a good workout is lifting more weight at your next one. Thats how I define a good workout.
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    As has been said, the best monitor of a good workout is size and strength gains (depending on your goals).
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    Excactly. Even intisity can be a bad gauge of a good workout - being "intense" for a 2 hour weight training routine could be detrimental if you're overtraining. The same applies to soreness. Gauge your workouts by your strength and size gains.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Stagg
    Don't worry about rating a single workout - rate your progress over time.
    i couldn't agree more with Paul
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    I hardly ever get "sore", after every workout I feel tight in the areas I worked and because of the intensity and heavy weights (relative to me), I get fatigued a bit.
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    Symptoms of a good workout- you make progress on your next workout
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    I try to visualize that my girlfriend is under the weight and I have to push the weight up to save her. Of course it doesn't work and I just laugh as I think about the weight slowly crushing her bones. Then I remember it's me under the weight and give 200% effort to push it back up.
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    If I lifted more than the previous time I performed the same lift.
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    If I set a PR in anything it's a good workout, and I try to set a PR in SOMETHING every time I lift.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Stagg
    Don't worry about rating a single workout - rate your progress over time.
    Yeah, that's good advice. It speaks to alot of quality experience under the bar. However, I think this concept of looking at your training in blocks of time instead of individual sessions will be lost on 90% of the people reading it. Quite simply, they're just not ready for it. If you even need to ask what constitutes a good workout you're far from planning out (or even needing to plan out) training cycles.

    Frankly, if you're wondering if it was a good session or not look to progress, not to feelings.
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