Isometric power flexing and over training

[gs300tx]

Hey guys,

Time and time again I have had great results with Isometric power flexing when combined with power cals, I have noticed that it really does improve my numbers or the amount of effort required to complete the same amount of reps. But last month and I am not sure if this is a co incidence I noticed all the symptoms of over training when I started doing 5 sets of medium/high intensity power flexing(same muscle) when combined with my power cal program.

Has any one else here experienced these symptoms when doing multiple sets of IPF through out the day?

I ask this because I never really considered power flexing as work, to me it worked on many levels, mood elevator being one.


Ali

[MikeNY]

Ali there were a lot of guys back in the 60's & 70's that did a five rep protocol of Isometric Powerflexing or the Commander Set, using them like DSR exercises. At that time Isometric Powerflexing was the old Dynaflex Course; IPR is a much superior and better version, plus many more exercises (the guy that wrote it could not write to save his own life nor communicate the exercises properly). Guys did the 5 rep protocol with both courses to speed up development and cut but for limited amounts of time, not as a contunued program, the time limit varied. .

The usual protocol is 1 rep per exercise, and you might have been over doing it; doing the five rep protocol makes for faster strength and muscle development but you are smart to back off as soon as you suspected overtraining. All the best Ali.

[Andy62]

Isometric Power Flexing can be a much more strenuous exercise than many people realize. Over the years I remember hearing of situations where from time to time some bodybuilder would pass out during the posing part of his routine in a physique competition. If you feel symptoms that could indicate over training while doing Isometric Power Flexing either reduce intensity, the length of the holds, or take a few days off.

[gs300tx]

See I never thought of Isometric power flexing as a strenuous exercise and that was my mistake, I learned the hard way and was forced to take a few days after, after feeling very lethargic( you know the feeling you get right before you get sick) for a whole week. I just did not have any energy left.

[Andy62]

Don't foget that Isometric Power Flexing is a form of Isometrics. For my money Isometrics are a "concentration exercise." When I think of all of the forms of concentration exercises that I have come across over the years none compare in effectiveness and intensity to Isometrics. You can concentrate on some kind of visual image,your heart, your breathing, the flame of a candle, a mantra, or any number of other things,but those are all passive forms of concentration. None of them equal projecting thought inpulses internally directly into your subconscious mind - your internal control center. I have found nothing that can equal the intensity, tenacity, and sheer psychic energy created by Isometrcs. Powerful stuff!

[MikeNY]

Isometric Powerflexing is hard work, and a good way to visualize is using a mirror, simple visual stimulus, and think how you want your image to look, and it will change. One guy used Isometric Powerflexing like 20 plus years ago, could do 0 Push-ups; then after doing the exercises started with 20 Push-ups; that is a tremendous jump 0 to 20 is major gains.

[powerman]

I too have experienced overtraining with all forms of training. As I understand overtraiing it's not necessarily that your muscles or tendons are overworked (although that can be part of it), it's more that your nevous system gets fried. ISO flexing definitely taxes your nervous system. Combine that with power cals and I can easily see how one could become overtrained.