On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:44:27 -0500, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Philip Thrift wrote:
>
>> Do you get the same degree of pump in all the muscles in a
>> single-session whole-body as if you just concentrated on one part that
>> session? I don't.
>
>I have no way to quantify "degree of pump," nor am I even sure
>that I know what it is. Is it just that *feeling* that one has
>after a workout?
Nope. The muscle is visibly engorged with blood and larger (blown up).
If you don't see that you are not pumped.
Remember what Arnold said comparing getting pumped to orgasms :-).
>Why would racketball cause your muscles to shrink?
When you tear down some muscle it needs time to recover.
Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com