{"id":686,"date":"2025-10-30T01:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/?p=686"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:15:11","slug":"running-the-stack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/2025\/10\/30\/running-the-stack\/","title":{"rendered":"Running The Stack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-bzqBCfnBhW\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text nectar-font-h4\">One of the main reasons 95% of the population gains all or more of their weight back within one year of losing it, is because they don\u2019t train with weights\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-OQD9YQrBb4\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">Sadly most people have no clue what real intensity is, they coast along doing the \u201csame old, same old\u201d and then give up when it isn\u2019t working.Here is a quick trick to ramp up the action if you are getting tired of your work outs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-RDjj8rCnBs\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">Example; start on your very heaviest weight for 4-6 reps and as you lighten the load increase your reps without stopping \u2013 in other words with no rest between the sets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set 1 \u2013 60 lbs x 6 reps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set 2 \u2013 50 lbs x 8 reps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set 3 \u2013 40 lbs x 10 reps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set 4 \u2013 30 lbs x 12 reps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-PUBmxYegp4\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">One of the biggest advantages to this type of training is that it trains your body to get used to a wide variety of weights quickly! If you have been doing the same programme for a long time, your body will adapt to this and find little change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-rkNwShkZ5E\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">Running the stack training taps into muscular endurance also and helps break through a stubborn training plateau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-M7JjdNuCgy\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text\">You have to get involved in your health; it is a science, not a fad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_nectar_blocks_hide_post_title":false,"_nectar_blocks_transparent_header_effect":false,"_nectar_blocks_transparent_header_effect_color":"light","_nectar_blocks_header_animation":false,"_nectar_blocks_header_animation_delay":0,"_nectar_blocks_header_animation_effect":"fade","_nectar_blocks_page_css":"","_nectar_blocks_page_js":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bodybuilding"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skymediatest.co.nz\/performancehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}