"The Pump"..please comment!

[triton69]

Please comment on the following paragraphs if you could, and share your thoughts on the validity of this. I ask only to clarify that if I get "the pump" early in an exercise (say triceps on the first set)...do I then quit when "the pump" is no longer there?

"No one can say for sure why pumping up an undeveloped muscle will make it grow, but experience shows that it does...everytime, always, no exceptions! (all other factors like proper food and rest being equal, of course). Achieving a pump requires strict attention to timing.

Filling up your muscles with extra blood is like filling up a bucket with a hole in the bottom. Fluid has to flow into the vessel bottom at a faster rate than flows out of it. That means you can't take a break and start socializing while in the middle of working toward a pump.

Work with maximum intensity until you achieve a pump. Then, when you can't get it pumped any more, QUIT EXERCISING that muscle. Nothing deflates a pump quicker than over-exercising."

[Spencer]

Interesting !!

"No one can say for sure why pumping up an undeveloped muscle will make it grow, but experience shows that it does

Couldn't it be the body repairs the muscle, stronger than before, all things being equal obviously.

Does this mean if i get a pump in my chest from my first set, I should go home.....

Well I won't be, Don't think many people on this board would either.

[casanova88]

the pump, although not the only indicator of a good workout does have an important place in a good workout. beyond what spencer said, the pump stretches something called the fascia which will allow room for your muscle to grow.

o, and if u get a pump, just dont go home~! that is a horrible idea.

You don't have to have a pump to grow muscles (according to Mike Mentzer), but it sure does feel good to get one going. And I concur with everyone who answered before, don't go home after your first work set, unless it was the most incredibly intense set you have ever performed.