Skill training tiredness

[flaming]

The exercises I do at the moment I mainly focus on form. I mainly do DB rows and singe leg romanian deadlifts. But as Im doing them focusing on keeping form I seam to get realy tired a lot quicker.

Has anyone else found this? Its like the concentrating is making my tired more so than the actual exercise.

[CosmicFish]

Is it possible that, by concentrating on form, you're doing the movements more slowly and thus tiring yourself out that way?

That's assuming you're not just going through a tired patch or coming down with a bug or something and haven't noticed yet.

[Incredible Bulk]

the slower you perform a single rep the more energy expended to keep the weight elevated... if your half way through a rep you are working the primary and secondary muscles hard to stabilise the weight and hold it there.

whereas most people do the reps more fluid and quicker, momentum and gravity is utilised more so the muscles are not working that much to keep it steady and moving.

think of a bench press, the weight is slowly going up to lockout and then slowly coming down, but as it comes down the triceps/shoulder/chest/lats are controlling a slow decent.

do this 6-10 times in a set and your using alot of energy

or the weight goes up to lock out and then the lifter lets the bar drop (controlled), gravity kicks in easily and its back to the bottom in a second.

[flaming]

"This is why I’m quickly becoming a huge proponent of singles, even if it’s not of the max effort variety. Constantly working on the set-up and perfect technique on every rep is much more mentally taxing than “blasting” through a set of five where you technique fails around rep number three. Those final two reps aren’t doing nearly as much for you as they should.

Next time you’re in the gym, focus on hitting high-quality reps on each and every exercise. Not only will you need less volume, but you’ll feel better and probably move more weight to boot!"

Thats off Mike Robertsons blog, he says mentally taxing does that mean CNS intensive. When I used do 3 sets of 3 with pullups I would feel realy relaxed about 3 hours later.

[Incredible Bulk]

more than one road to any destination... some are longer, some are shorter

one rep scheme is not new but not desireable IMO based on the misconception that "Those final two reps aren’t doing nearly as much for you as they should"

i find the last 2 reps of a 6 rep set a struggle and challenging and rewarding.

pausing and slowly doing exercises for one rep like your on matrix style 'bullet time' is not an advantage over a good reps with a fair weight.

[NaughtyKnight]

I think that over focusing on technique makes the whole training harder. You become ALOT more concious of how much the exercise hurts. This stresses your body more, which tires you out. You also get closer to the mental breaking point, so may find that you can't go as hard.

Thats exactly why I like to do all my technique training at the very start of my cycles. The first few weeks is all about using a nice, light weight, and practising on your technique. By the time you get into using heavier weights, your technique is pretty natural, and you don't need to focus on it as much.