fact or fiction?

[war_eagle]

Is it true that you need to change how you lift every so often in order to keep gaining strength?

[a denial]

fiction

[alboh]

You do, however, have to switch up the exercises you do every month or so if you're trying to grow your muscles.

[De La Soul]

Fiction.

Your muscles aren't as smart as many people give them credit for. Doing a machine curl instead of a barbell curl won't *shock* your muscle into growing. It will hardly even notice the difference. The only think you'd be doing is isolating your bicep more by doing a machine curl (not good in my opinion).

Generally, don't chop and change exercises.

Only change them occassionally to stay motivated.

Soul

[misunderstood??]

You don't need to change up exercises to keep growing, I find it helps me to change the excerises adn their order as well with the amount of reps and sets I do. It's all about what works best for you though. Just experiment and see what works, the same stuff doesn't work for everyone.

[Soshyopathe]

Yeah, if you want to shock, it's best to do it by upping reps for a couple workouts, or by taking a week off.

[Kid Amnesiac]

I beleive changing your workout helps in a variety of different ways....

every now and then change the order of exercises, the exercises themselves, the reps you're shooting for, and the sets....

it's just something different, i notice gains in myself with a switch things up a bit.

[Mack Of All Trades]

Running and varying your workouts are the perfect solution to most fitness problems.