I started seeing weight lifting results after I improved my diet - I eat low carb -, got lots of rest after working out, and as others mentioned hit the muscles from different angles, till fatigued. Since you are doing many reps, you might try doing them slow. This is what I do now. It hurts, but it's getting results for me. This is where I learned about it. "Slow Burn works"
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So Fred’s time-efficient Slow Burn idea struck a chord. Having now done it with some regularity, usually 1-2 times per week since mid-September, I have gradually added back visible muscle. My Slow Burn workouts, involving 8-10 different movements, seem to have restored the muscle I’ve lost, with a very modest time effort. It took a little getting used to. After Fred showed me how to do the movements–slow motion movement in both the “positive” and “negative” directions, with smooth, non-jerking transitions, one set per muscle group, each taken to muscle exhaustion–it left me unusually tired and sore the next day. This surprised me, given the limited time involved. Breathing is also very important; the usual exhale-during-the-positive, inhale-during-the-negative pattern is replaced by breathing freely during the entire set. I didn’t get this at first and ended up with headaches that got worse with each set. Breathing freely relieved me from the effect. I have strength trained since I was around 15 years old. Back in the early 1970s, I had about 2000 lbs of barbells and dumbbells in my garage in New Jersey, while also driving back and forth to the Morristown, NJ, YMCA to train with friends. The Slow Burn movements forced me to break habits established over nearly 40 years of conventional strength training. I’ve also played around with mixing conventional movements with Slow Burn movements to keep it fresh. This also seems to work. If you’re interested in giving it a try, here’s an animation that demonstrates what Slow Burn movements look like. Fred has also produced an excellent 3-DVD set of videos that more fully describe the practice.
