I find it very difficult to break heavy weights off the floor when I use a very wide sumo stance. I find it easier to break weights off the floor with a conventional but harder to lock them out. Semi-sumo provides a happy medium. I'm not really too clear at the moment because work makes me slightly retarded.
I was only deadlifting once a week but squatting as wide as I did twice a week started to catch up to me basically.
Woo, fair bit of volume. I've been talking to Babyslayer on BB.com forums and I'm gonna be trying out some of his methods. It's high frequency, high volume stuff.
Essentially, you start off with high reps high sets and keep adding weight till the reps get lower and lower. Then you add more assistance until you can only really do a few reps of bench/dip. Then you max on bench. He says to do quite a bit on dips but there was NO WAY I could do more. My triceps were killed by 10 sets of benching.
I don't entirely understand all that, but I suppose the take home message is moar volume and moar assistance for bigger bench. I'm sure you'll make some fairly decent gains making a change like that, my bench went up like 10kg within a few weeks of hammering high rep skullcrushers and more pressing volume, after having never isolated my triceps in my training life. It was like getting beginner gains all over, loved it
It's basically a form of western/linear periodisation with assistance work to keep the total volume high when you taper down the volume on your main lift. From the sounds of Michael's description anyway. Dave Tate did a good article on western periodisation on T-Nation where he talks about his lifting career as part of a series.
Eventually, I'll be doing only 1 set for dips and bench press but high volume of assistance to keep up the total high.
I'm not entirely sure how to go about the rest though. I think I'll try do something similar and just see how it goes. For squats I doubt I'll be doing as high reps. I just can't bring myself to do them because I will actually die.
Bro man, you just broke a plateau on Madcow's and now you changed routine? You shouldve stuck for a bit longer and you couldve made solid progress on bench. Madcows was obviously working.
Technically I should. However, after 10 sets of benching my triceps are all but dead so adding weight at this stage is a bit silly I feel.
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Pull-ups - BW 1x9 1x5
Chin-ups - BW 2x4
T-Bar pull-ups - BW 1x5
Wide-Grip Cable Row - 25 1x20
T-Bar Cable Row - 30 1x20
Pendlay Row - 55kg 2x8
Barbell Curl - 18kg + bar 2x12
Hammer Curl - 10kg 2x8
Machine Curl - 15kg 1x10
May just be me - but i always do them at the end of tricep work. But i really force them out though, like i feel dead at the end of each set. But imo they are an easy exercise to really force through. Went from bw to 20kg in 3 weeks too (Y)
May just be me - but i always do them at the end of tricep work. But i really force them out though, like i feel dead at the end of each set. But imo they are an easy exercise to really force through. Went from bw to 20kg in 3 weeks too (Y)
Yes if I did them fresh I could do something that like (how many reps did you do with 20kg?).
However, I'm shortening my rest periods quite a lot. Before I'd rest pretty much any amount whereas now I keep rest intervals at 1 minute.
Squat 60kg - 1x5 80kg - 1x5 100kg - 1x5 (put belt on - first time using!) 120kg - 1x5 135kg - 1x3
Good Morning 20kg - 1x10 60kg - 1x10 80kg - 1x10
Leg Curl 70 - 3x15
Hadn't squatted for a while so just getting back into it, had one or two more reps in me I think. First time using the belt too - I think I should have had it a bit tighter though so will try that next time. Also first time doing good mornings. Not too sure on how my form was but they were okay.
My legs have been really sore since prom on Friday. A lot of dancing so my right foot and both my calves are quite sore.
Do you ever do any cardio? Cos sore legs from cardio? jeez
Well nothing planned. I usually play tennis/football/badminton with friends once or twice a week.
You mean the dancing? Well, you'd really have to see how I dance and then think about doing that for 3-4 hours and make your mind up. Wearing the shoes I was (smart shoes) and all didn't help.