PH vs. S&H, #2

[lmmonk]

Dear Cathe,

You responded to my initial post as follows:

"There is no way to know what exact formula will take you to your goals but I always say to start with a series one time per week and then after a few weeks see if you will need to be doing it two times per week. The slow and heavy series would probably be difficult to do two times each per week because of the total concentration required. As for additionally using Power Hour, that is an endurance workout more so than a strength workout. You can use this workout as a cross training effect to your muscles as long as you do not feel that is depleating your energy needed for your slow heavy workouts."


Thanks for your quick response. However, I am not sure what an "endurance workout" is. Can you be a little more specific as to what that means?

Also, I can only purchase either Power Hour or the Slow & Heavey series. There is no way I could do both in one week. I had always thought that you had to work each muscle group at least twice per week, so is the Slow & Heavy series only meant for once per week?

Thanks again. Lisa.

 

[Bobbi]

Lisa,

There's an article in Fitness magazine entitled Break Your Plateau. It refers to the strength versus endurance question as follows: "Researchers found that woman who "periodized their weight workouts gained more strength and lost more body fat than woman who did regular sets of resistance exercise. Periodization means changing the focus of your workouts on a regular basis-emphasizing strength gains(how much you can lift)for a certain period of time, then aiming for increased endurance(how long you can lift)during the next period. So you might spend a few weeks increasing the amount of weight you use, then switch and do more reps at a lower weight.

It's an interesting article. Hope this helps!

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[Bobbi]

Lisa,

There's an article in Fitness magazine entitled Break Your Plateau. It refers to the strength versus endurance question as follows: "Researchers found that woman who "periodized their weight workouts gained more strength and lost more body fat than woman who did regular sets of resistance exercise. Periodization means changing the focus of your workouts on a regular basis-emphasizing strength gains(how much you can lift)for a certain period of time, then aiming for increased endurance(how long you can lift)during the next period. So you might spend a few weeks increasing the amount of weight you use, then switch and do more reps at a lower weight.

It's an interesting article. Hope this helps!

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