20/09/2014 Dead stop strict press 80kgx4 87.5kgx4@9RPE PR rep drop
curls
23/09/2014 Bench Press 110kgx4 120kgx4@10RPE 10% fatigue drop
Front squat 110kgx4 120kgx4 120kgx4 120kgx4@9RPE
Ate like crap after I hit the overhead pr and it showed today. I should have really done this at an 9 or 8 rpe. I'm sure I can remedy this since I got a good amount of work in today. Just training whenever I can atm. I would like to overhead press 100kg for 2-3 reps by the end of the year.
I've been saying to myself for quite some time that people jump on the super high frequency bandwagon too soon. Yes they make strength gains but they are hurting their long term progression because they end up working incredibly hard for lifts that they could have just gotten with less work albeit within a longer period of time.
Smolov is a good example of this. People who are barely intermediates will go onto this program and hit a squat pr but lets look at things on a larger scale. You have now adapted to a **** load of volume to lift a weight that you probably could've gotten squatting twice a week. You can't just back off the work now as you have now adapted to a higher workload and will therefore require a high workload to increase your lifts.
Your long term development is now shutting down because the workloads which would have been necessary to reach your absolute best are now being used to just get you a quick pr much earlier in your career. In short you've become a full time lifter to get part time results.
I've been saying to myself for quite some time that people jump on the super high frequency bandwagon too soon. Yes they make strength gains but they are hurting their long term progression because they end up working incredibly hard for lifts that they could have just gotten with less work albeit within a longer period of time.
Smolov is a good example of this. People who are barely intermediates will go onto this program and hit a squat pr but lets look at things on a larger scale. You have now adapted to a **** load of volume to lift a weight that you probably could've gotten squatting twice a week. You can't just back off the work now as you have now adapted to a higher workload and will therefore require a high workload to increase your lifts.
Your long term development is now shutting down because the workloads which would have been necessary to reach your absolute best are now being used to just get you a quick pr much earlier in your career. In short you've become a full time lifter to get part time results.
31/05/2016 Strict Press in vans shoes 80kg 1x8 PR 72.5kg 4 sets as many reps as I could
Chinups 5x5
Really nice to finally hit a pr on the press after what feels like a century. Gives me an 1rm estimate of 100kg. Not going to go for it since I only want to see weights going up and I don't care if it's a single. Will start squatting again now that I can do it pain free. Will deload on the press and see if I can PR on it again with once a week progress and training it twice a week. If could I could get a 1.1xbw press training it just twice a week that would set up very well for adding in work when necessary in the future.
Coming back in after a lay off. Trying to figure out how to best squat with one foot larger than the other. Can't find any real info on recommendations.
[video="youtube;EgBF3sIBIWw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgBF3sIBIWw&t=761s[/video]Thanks. I'll be using the progression model outlined in this video for the reps and sets.
Still don't quite know what to do with my squat technique wise. I know that if I lean more to the right to accomodate my larger left foot (about 1cm larger) my ab/adductors on my left leg will eventually get overworked. Right now I'm trying a staggered stance with my right foot slightly forward.
I've never maxed out because I don't like the time it takes away from building strength (peaking, testing, deloading). Never been strong enough to OHP more than 90kg for reps. I think my PR on OHP before this with 90kg was 1x3.