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Smaller Muscles:

These are assisters for the larger muscles an example, the Pectoralis minor helps stabilize for the major for workouts such as the bench press.  This small muscle can be easily tired just like most of the smaller muscles in the back.  Once these smaller muscles are fatigued

 


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1.   Your not going to be able to maintain proper form because these supporting muscles are too week.

2.   To make up for the weekend structural support you body will expand more energy trying to use the primary muscles (like the Pectoralis Major) to maintain stability.

3.   Your primary muscles (Pectoralis Major) will not be able to perform at it’s strongest because it’s being used as both a controlling muscle and a primary muscle this means it’s being slowly fatigued like you would for a fat burning workout (higher repetitions lower weight) rather then aggressively “pumped” (tearing the fibers fully) as with a muscle building workout.  Your work out turns from a muscle building to a fat burning work out. TOP

Larger Muscles:

In this region the larger muscles are the Latissimus Dorsi, Pectoralis Major and even the Trapezius.  These muscles unlike there smaller counterparts take a much longer time to heal once torn.  The smaller muscles take approximately 24 hours to recover, the larger muscles can take 48 to 72 hours depending on the overall health of the individual.  Why does it take longer for the bigger muscles?  Simple, more muscle fibers, it’s a bigger and much more dense muscle.  TOP

The Legs and cardio in one day?

Your body has a finite amount of energy to use; eating, drinking, and sleeping replenishes it.  It’s increased by exercise.  Working cardio should be done separate from all other exercises, just as legs should be done separate form other workouts.  Some of the strongest and largest muscles in your body are found in your legs Quads, Calves and Gluts (Maximus, Medius and the Minimus) it takes a lot out of you to work them this burns that energy that we just mentioned.  After you burned the energy (stored energy either from sugar or fat) you need to replenish it, going straight to a cardio workout starts to make your body search other places for energy like the muscles. 

Food from muscles?

The body uses two types of fuel: 

1.      Slow burning fuel

2.      Fast burning fuel

The slow burning fuel is from adipose tissue aka fat.  This is burned when your body reaches its proper temperature generally speaking it’s when your heart rate reaches 100 to 130 beats per minute.  You sweat, your body temperature rises and your breathing is calm and easy.  The body will use this fuel for a relatively long period of time about 45 minutes. TOP

The fast burning fuel is from sugar, the sugar that in the muscles this is for quick bursts of energy lasting about 10 to 15 minutes, an example would be a fight or flight response.  Gatorade is a sports drink that is mainly sugar water and salt.  This drink gives the individual a 2nd or even a 3rd burst of energy just like eating a candy bar would, but after the 10 to 15 minutes of energy your back to the burning of your own bodies reserve.  Muscle.  Your body digests it’s own muscle to maintain the activity. TOP

How does this deal with sex?

Sex is a workout it’s exercise you need to have energy to do it.  If your burning your energy on your daily workouts and not giving yourself enough time to recuperate you wont have much energy to use.  And that affects your body hormonally too. 

Try this:

Space out your routine; break it up to 1 (or 2 at most) major muscle(s) per day your legs on a day all there own and ease up on the cardio 4 days a week is great but you might get a fuller work out and have more energy for the pleasing your partner (or your self) if you take 4 week doing cardio for 2 days a week or at least if you alternate it between your workout days.

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