Sittin at home?

[NumeroUno]

I have a question for all of those who are knowledgeable out there. Say you are sitting at home like I am now, and you have a light...30 pound dumbbell. Is it bad to always generate a pump throughout the day? I can do 10-20 light reps and start getting a pretty good pump without a NO supp. Is it bad for you to do it after you have just trained it, or are training it the next day, or just flat out want that great pump?

-Daniel

[karmazon]

It's not evil or anything, but it's not beneficial, because your muscle needs a rest, that's when it grows. If I had dumbells at home, I'd probably be doing curls while watching TV all day, but again, you should let your muscles rest.

[naturalguy]

Your muscles grow while you recover. Save the training for the gym, rest up when your home.

[Karma]

Your muscles grow while you recover. Save the training for the gym, rest up when your home.
Time to Time I do it, but I personally subscribe this idea.

[Big Jawn]

Time to Time I do it, but I personally subscribe this idea.

Same, personally my powerlifting workouts are anywheres from 1.5-2.5 hrs so I don't get much cardio out of it, and by the end I'm ready to get out of there. So I save the cardio for at home, and use a couple different strengths of bands for assistance once in awhile.

But be careful, its easy to overtrain...if you missed it in the gym do it by all means, but just for the pump? IMO not worth it.

[TheNaturalG]

I have a question for all of those who are knowledgeable out there. Say you are sitting at home like I am now, and you have a light...30 pound dumbbell. Is it bad to always generate a pump throughout the day? I can do 10-20 light reps and start getting a pretty good pump without a NO supp. Is it bad for you to do it after you have just trained it, or are training it the next day, or just flat out want that great pump?

-Daniel

The pump doesn't neccesarily mean you are growing. It means that more blood is rushing to the muscle. You can get that with light weight, but let me ask you something. Do you think if you went to the gym everyday and trained with light weights and high reps for the sole purpose of getting a pump, meanwhile you are not getting any stronger doing this, that you will grow? My training isn't based on trying to get a pump, it is based on doing heavy ass weight as intense as possible and in turn that forces my body to get a pump and I get bigger and stronger doing that.

Just to add to that: The human body is just no capable of training non stop all the time. It will lead to overtraining which will be detrimental to your gains. Save your training for the gym, the rest for home, and the food for the kitchen.

[king1]

Arnold used to wake up everymorning and do some lying rear delt laterals with a light weight. Thats the only instance ive heard of anything like what your suggesting. But everyone who responded is right, work out in the gym and rest at home.

[Freakshow]

I have equipment in my apartment, but I generally train in the gym unless I cant get there, and in that case I substitute my house for the gym, but like the majority of the other posters, it is beneficial to rest up at home and not lift random weights to get a pump. Rest, recover, and grow.

[cuts280]

You can curl a broom stick 50 times non stop and it won't do jackshit to your arms. Pump doesn't always equate to hypertrophy. Totally kill yourself and get wasted in the gym but just rest and recuperate when at home.

[stumblin54]

Gym is for training, home is for diet, which is more important to me so I wouldn't think of lifting a weight. At home the only exercise I do is cardio. Peace.

Stumblin

[darkside64]

that is unproductive. It feels great to have that pump, but your muscles need to rest to recover. Working out alone is actually catabolic