You should've heard me when I attempted the 50's on flat dumbbell presses last week. Sounded like I was slowly being entered by an elephant. There's nothing wrong with breathing hard out of pure exertion but screaming out in an effort of pure attention is stupid and childish. It's easy to tell when it's real work and it's easy to tell when it's show.
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You should've heard me when I attempted the 50's on flat dumbbell presses last week. Sounded like I was slowly being entered by an elephant. There's nothing wrong with breathing hard out of pure exertion but screaming out in an effort of pure attention is stupid and childish. It's easy to tell when it's real work and it's easy to tell when it's show.
Anyway, moving on. Why is it that some days you struggle to push weights that other days you'd normal kill? Just came back from a legs sesh and it was balls. Couldn't push crap on the leg presses, squats was a mission and I almost gave up on hacks as I felt so weak. I felt strong, healthy and energetic when I went in back I was just pure weak from the moment I touched the weights. Maybe I need to look into this Jack3D everyone is on about.
It happens. I find each week I'll have one work out which is great, one which is exactly as expected and one which is crap.
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Pretty much this. Although mine are usually to do with which joint is playing up on the day
It's simply down to your body not having healed 100%.
When I train for powerlifting I do 1 heavy week, then one week at 60-65% of my max 1rm.
That way I can train explosive power on my "light" week and still give my body the time it need to fully heal.
I'd say another reason I hurt my back was because I had 6 weeks of nonstop heavy volume at 75-90% of my maxes without a single light week or real break.( Including putting out 2 new 1rm maxes)
I still hate that one 25kg plate for wrecking me for the next month.
When I train for powerlifting I do 1 heavy week, then one week at 60-65% of my max 1rm.
That way I can train explosive power on my "light" week and still give my body the time it need to fully heal.
I'd say another reason I hurt my back was because I had 6 weeks of nonstop heavy volume at 75-90% of my maxes without a single light week or real break.( Including putting out 2 new 1rm maxes)
I still hate that one 25kg plate for wrecking me for the next month.
Hmm. Maybe. I train hard and heavy all the time and really don't know any other way to train. For me it'll almost be a waste going in there and lifting half the weights that I usually do. I just don't feel that I'll get a good workout from that.
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Flippin' awesome session today...
4x8x90kg incline bench + warmup
4x8x140kg squat + warmup
+ numerous other less interesting exercises
God, I feel great!
4x8x90kg incline bench + warmup
4x8x140kg squat + warmup
+ numerous other less interesting exercises
God, I feel great!
So for arguments sake, if I regulary bench 120kg for reps, try maxing out at 70kg for a few weeks as light training? What do I do for reps? I can practically blow 70kg up with my breath. High or low reps?
No no, 1 week heavy, 1 week light. For the light week you can do high reps, focussing fulling on explosive power after pausing at the bottom of your bench for at least 3-5 seconds.
Then repeat, 1 week heavy, the next week light.
After a month do a new 1rm, to get a new max, then you have a new "light" one. This way you keep upping your maxing and heavy lifting without running the risk on going heavy too long and not healing properly.
Usually when folks go heavy for too long they run into a week where they suddenly can't make reps on weights they use to be able to do easily.
Freefaller is currently doing a system, where he started really low and is weekly upping the max weight for sets.
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Yup - it's working really well. 
Variation is key too. No point in going heavy every week IMO.
Progressive loading deloading works much better IME.
Variation is key too. No point in going heavy every week IMO.
Progressive loading deloading works much better IME.
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Flippin' awesome session today...
4x8x90kg incline bench + warmup
4x8x140kg squat + warmup
+ numerous other less interesting exercises
God, I feel great!
I thought you were 90%ing today? That looks more like 70% if my maths isn't incorrect. If you want me to video you doing the 90% days or just come along and laugh give me a shout.
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No 90% is next week!
I've dropped my 1rm for squats a little - I should have been doing 150kg today, but I'm ramping it up slowly.
I've dropped my 1rm for squats a little - I should have been doing 150kg today, but I'm ramping it up slowly.
No lifting for me today . I'm shattered from all the exams and I've got the comp on sunday so I was going to go in, do my usual warm up, a bit of glute work and some back work (both to aid injuries) and then call it a day and head off home. Nope, when I was at work today I closed a window on my finger and gave myself a nasty cut, it's about an inch long and fairly deep, right on the crease of the last joint on the underside of my right index finger. It has swollen up a treat so I can't grip anything and I also left a trail of blood across my school. I didn't know my finger could bleed that much . Hopefully by sunday it'll just be a case of grinning and bearing it rather than me screaming and crying while doing my deadlift
. I'm shattered from all the exams and I've got the comp on sunday so I was going to go in, do my usual warm up, a bit of glute work and some back work (both to aid injuries) and then call it a day and head off home. Nope, when I was at work today I closed a window on my finger and gave myself a nasty cut, it's about an inch long and fairly deep, right on the crease of the last joint on the underside of my right index finger. It has swollen up a treat so I can't grip anything and I also left a trail of blood across my school. I didn't know my finger could bleed that much . Hopefully by sunday it'll just be a case of grinning and bearing it rather than me screaming and crying while doing my deadlift 
It's hard to fullfill your diet with only real food.
I still have 2-3 protein shakes a day depending on the workout.
Good on you for sticking to the diet but I'm not one to go cold turkey on all treats, that's just demoralising and will probably make you feel worse. The odd bit of cheat food here and there is great for the mind!
I still have 2-3 protein shakes a day depending on the workout.
Good on you for sticking to the diet but I'm not one to go cold turkey on all treats, that's just demoralising and will probably make you feel worse. The odd bit of cheat food here and there is great for the mind!
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It's just a by-product of cheese manufacture. Just use it when you need to up your daily protein to whatever level your aiming for, it's a supplement not a replacement.
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