Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivity multipliers?

Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivi... by dmos62 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:28AM (#30864404)

> that would be a bad gym session. The goal is to push yourself. Not to injure yourself but to go until failure.

Umm. Actually, as far as I know, that's completely false. What you're describing is a bad way to train your body. If you're failing reps, you're training your body to fail. I.e. "one more rep" culture is misguided. You don't want stress or exhaustion hormones in your system. If your goal is enhancing your body, that is. Looking at my notes, my source is Pavel Tsatsouline #1399 episode on Joe Rogan's podcast. If you can get a hold of that podcast, it's very informative.

I won't comment on what you said about the mental aspect of failure.

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Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivi... by vorpalhex on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:27PM (#30870624)

I don't love the marketing "feel" of this source but it is a good and comprehensive guide on what failure means in a lifting context: https://athleanx.com/articles/should-you-train-to-failure

You don't "train your body to fail". You may be training bad form - and form failure is failure.

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Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivi... by minimoose on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:02PM (#30873223)

That's great if you're in a body building competition, but you're training to have a heart attack at 65.

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