💥Chapter: myo-reps💥

Lately i am frequently pulling through double workouts in a short time frame. Of course supersets and compounds aid this, however, i have another trick to maximize the burn🧨 while saving time. Today's trick is.... (drum roll)... MYO-REPS!!🔥

✅First of all what are MYO-REPS? They are a technique of exercise where you begin your set with some activation, performing a tolerable amount of reps and stoping a bit before burnout.
↪️Then, taking small intervals of rest (ranging from a few seconds up to 20-depending on your level) and then performing a few more reps (usually 3-5 but advanced athletes frequently go for 6-8.) while you still burn.
↪️Then resting a tiny bit more and repeat until failure.

✅WHY to perform myo-reps? This is not the optimal way to train, if you apply myoreps in all sets and exercises of your workout. It can though be an advantageous tool in order to offer an extra stimulation to your muscles and make your finisher exercise even more effective.
↪️Since it increases the fatigue level, it increases the mechanical stress on your muscle more rapidly in less time than if you performed the same amount of reps in scattered sets.
↪️It compliments both hypertrophy and strength training regimen but also boosts endurance.
↪️It can help you get out of training plateaù without altering your exercise sequence per se.

✅How to avoid overtraining? It is wise to be mindful about overloading your body with this intensity. The range of reps for activation and myoreps as well as the resting time in between depends on your training level, your health status, the weight you are using etc. That being said, if you go light weight you will need more activation reps, you can rest a bit less and then increase the myoreps too. What matters is the ratio that corresponds to activation and myorep sets respectively.

✅Bottom line? Implement myoreps here and there in key-exercises, especially in the days you're a bit shorter on time, but don't discard the optimal training approach for the majority of your workout volume.

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Irinä