Not sure tbh. DBs in the gym go up to 53kg, could press them I reckon, although it's a complete pain in the ass getting them into position, far more effort than it's worth. Used dumbbells just over a week ago and did:
Paused bench press - 115kg X 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 120kg X 1 125kg X 1 130kg X 1 135kg X 1
Incline DB press - 25kg X 10 30kg X 10 35kg X 10
The dumbbells in my gym weigh more than the listed weight. They're plate dumbbells so the listed weight is simply the plates, doesn't include the bar, collars and welding. The 35kgs are actually about 37kg or so.
Low bar squat [beltless] - 20kg X 5, 5, 5 60kg X 5, 5 80kg X 1 100kg X 1 110kg X 1 120kg X 1 130kg X 1 140kg X 1, 1 150kg X 1 160kg X 1 165kg X 1
Deadlift [beltless] 60kg X 3 100kg X 1 140kg X 1 160kg X 1 180kg X 1 200kg X 1 220kg X 1 180kg X 3, 3, 3
First time squatting in a month, feels good to squat again. 165kg was pretty easy, a lot more there for sure which I'm happily surprised about after a month off.
Have you been coming off an injury or something? Like I'm just looking at your blog and it seems like within a few weeks your deadlift is just shooting up despite not really doing much volume/frequency and somehow you might actually get 280kg with a belt this xmas
Have you been coming off an injury or something? Like I'm just looking at your blog and it seems like within a few weeks your deadlift is just shooting up despite not really doing much volume/frequency and somehow you might actually get 280kg with a belt this xmas
Had a little bit of back trouble a few months ago so didn't really deadlift much. Started actually focusing on it lately so making good progress.
25th Oct: 200kg X 1 220kg X 1 235kg X 1 220kg X 3 180kg X 8
1st Nov:200kg X 1 220kg X 1 240kg X 1 225kg X 3 180kg X 10
8th:200kg X 1 225kg X 1 245kg X 1
13th:200kg X 1 220kg X 1 180kg X 3, 3, 3
15th: 210kg X 1 230kg X 1 250kg X 1
Doesn't seem that you are actually focusing on it to me which is why I'm so jealous/impressed/bewildered lol. Seems like 1x/week frequency on average working up to a heavy single, usually with a back off set at a pretty low intensity and sometimes a triple at roughly the same RPE as the top set.
25th Oct: 200kg X 1 220kg X 1 235kg X 1 220kg X 3 180kg X 8
1st Nov:200kg X 1 220kg X 1 240kg X 1 225kg X 3 180kg X 10
8th:200kg X 1 225kg X 1 245kg X 1
13th:200kg X 1 220kg X 1 180kg X 3, 3, 3
15th: 210kg X 1 230kg X 1 250kg X 1
Doesn't seem that you are actually focusing on it to me which is why I'm so jealous/impressed/bewildered lol. Seems like 1x/week frequency on average working up to a heavy single, usually with a back off set at a pretty low intensity and sometimes a triple at roughly the same RPE as the top set.
Doesn't seem that you are actually focusing on it to me which is why I'm so jealous/impressed/bewildered lol. Seems like 1x/week frequency on average working up to a heavy single, usually with a back off set at a pretty low intensity and sometimes a triple at roughly the same RPE as the top set.
Wish I could do that
Focusing on it more in the sense that I'm actually consistently deadlifting now (albeit 'only' 1-2 times a week), where as before a few months ago I deadlifted once in a blue moon and there was no plan/progression, due to A) being a bro and not caring about it and B) having lower back trouble.
Plan from now until xmas is squat and deadlift twice a week: Wed - squat single and deadlift triple. Sat - deadlift single and squat triple. Aiming to add 5kg to each, each week until xmas.
It's a really simple way to train and I'll stall sooner or later, obviously won't be able to add 5kg to squat and deads each week for too much longer, but while it lasts I'm happy to keep things simple and worry about running training cycles at a later date when progress slows/stops.