Beadwidow,
I am not going to get into a pissing contest over this. The question in the beginning was simply how does one increase upper body strength or gain muscle mass? To which I offered my advice based on 15 years of experience as a personal trainer. You can discredit my CanFit Pro certification based on how many hours it takes to complete if you wish. However, the fact remains that training to muscle failure does work and if it didn't...I would have been out of work a long time ago. The principle has been around for years because IT WORKS!. There are many different ways to train with weights and you will get different results depending on how you train with them.
Sorry, but you lost me on your rant when you tried correlating weight lifting to suntanning. I didn't know that you coud suntan to failure. ???And when you stated that in real life situations such as digging with a shovel, you would not need to do this to failure...well... NO SHIT SHERLOCK! We are talking about building muscle mass here, not digging trenches!
If it makes any difference at all...which I am sure it doesn't...I have numerous credentials in the fitness industry. You asked me what credentials I had as a personal trainer and I figured giivng one that you may recognize might help you out but obviously because it took me 25 hours to complete, this one is not up to your standards.
Bojangles
I am not going to get into a pissing contest over this. The question in the beginning was simply how does one increase upper body strength or gain muscle mass? To which I offered my advice based on 15 years of experience as a personal trainer. You can discredit my CanFit Pro certification based on how many hours it takes to complete if you wish. However, the fact remains that training to muscle failure does work and if it didn't...I would have been out of work a long time ago. The principle has been around for years because IT WORKS!. There are many different ways to train with weights and you will get different results depending on how you train with them.
Sorry, but you lost me on your rant when you tried correlating weight lifting to suntanning. I didn't know that you coud suntan to failure. ???And when you stated that in real life situations such as digging with a shovel, you would not need to do this to failure...well... NO SHIT SHERLOCK! We are talking about building muscle mass here, not digging trenches!
If it makes any difference at all...which I am sure it doesn't...I have numerous credentials in the fitness industry. You asked me what credentials I had as a personal trainer and I figured giivng one that you may recognize might help you out but obviously because it took me 25 hours to complete, this one is not up to your standards.
Bojangles