Strength Weight Training: Anything and Everything II

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Interesting article. Kind of makes me want to get back into Wendler again. Never had the problems I’ve had with GZCLP/Jacked and Tan.

I think I just burned out doing heavy PR sets all the time. And when I’d go for a 4RM or whatever it was usually NOT with 1 or 2 in the tank. Maybe 1 at most. I’d go pale almost every finished workout.

The throat strain scared me a bit. If you can make awesome progress with sub max training, then it might be time to put ego to the sword once and for all and prioritise form.
 
Basketball last night, hardest game in ages, was absolutely shagged after. Gym this morning having not eaten anything after bball, gee I felt weak. Same weight as Tuesday and had to cut everything short or drop a weight

Not really surprised I was weaker, but was surprised at how much difference it made compared to normal.

Wonder whether pushing it like that is good for you or just having a day off gets better results

Changed by structure, 6 days a week is impossible. 4 days a week now plus bball so there are more rest days now
 

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Basketball last night, hardest game in ages, was absolutely shagged after. Gym this morning having not eaten anything after bball, gee I felt weak. Same weight as Tuesday and had to cut everything short or drop a weight

Not really surprised I was weaker, but was surprised at how much difference it made compared to normal.

Wonder whether pushing it like that is good for you or just having a day off gets better results

Changed by structure, 6 days a week is impossible. 4 days a week now plus bball so there are more rest days now
Definitely day off imo, with resistance training less is probably often more.

When you do train though generally go pretty hard, 0-2 reps short of failure and all that.

Quality > quantity.
 
Definitely day off imo, with resistance training less is probably often more.

When you do train though generally go pretty hard, 0-2 reps short of failure and all that.

Quality > quantity.
I go Fridays because I WFH and it's less rush to go in the morning compared to days I go to the office.

Saturday will be a bball shootaround with mates, decent run around. Sunday legs + shoulders/arms then nothing until Wednesday most likely

I always do this. Thankfully recover pretty quick as far as soreness goes

Sleep is my big killer, insomnia wrecks me so part of training often is just to get exhausted enough to sleep well a few nights a week
 
Basketball last night, hardest game in ages, was absolutely shagged after. Gym this morning having not eaten anything after bball, gee I felt weak. Same weight as Tuesday and had to cut everything short or drop a weight

Not really surprised I was weaker, but was surprised at how much difference it made compared to normal.

Wonder whether pushing it like that is good for you or just having a day off gets better results

Changed by structure, 6 days a week is impossible. 4 days a week now plus bball so there are more rest days now
You've got no fuel or rest in the system going late night cardio like a basketball game into next morning resistance training, no wonder you had no energy

I would have eaten a few things, got some protein and carbs in the system and trained mid-late afternoon if you had the time.
 
Friends of mine go straight from CrossFit to a basketball game.

When I was young and still played footy one of my flatmates on the same team was employed in a labouring job at a brick factory. If he had worked the Saturday morning for a few hours before the game even with a bit of a rest in between there was always a fairly noticeable drop in his performance. This was just low grade ammos.
 
When I was young and still played footy one of my flatmates on the same team was employed in a labouring job at a brick factory. If he had worked the Saturday morning for a few hours before the game even with a bit of a rest in between there was always a fairly noticeable drop in his performance. This was just low grade ammos.
I struggled hitting good numbers at gym when I was around 18-19, similar numbers to where I was at 17 coming out of my newbie gains phase that I had at 16.

Main problem, I played cricket and footy and went to preseason footy training, some days I'd go to gym Wednesday/Friday mornings before school, but had cricket training Tuesday/Thursday nights and footy on Monday/Wednesday nights, always felt flat and only at 80-85% with the weights
 
Sorry I completely missed your reply.

Are the apps out there that help track this do you know? Or do you do pen and paper?

I really like StrongLifts. He's done a very good job on the app itself, and the program(s) included are very good for beginner to intermediate lifters IMO, plus you can add custom programs in there.

I use a modified version of StrongLifts / Starting Strength as I do other sports so straight 5 x 5 doesn't necessarily 'work' for my schedule, and I wanted to add Pullups instead of just relying on Rows since I swim as well, so vertical pulling strength is very useful.
 

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Loving the simplicity of general gainz. Pick a weight, do 6-10 reps with it, 1-2 in the tank, then 4 half sets. Goal is to double rep count minimum. If you don’t hit 6 reps, do singles for whatever weight you did, so 5 singles for 5 reps.

So 6 then 4x3; 7, 2x3, 2x4 etc. If you don’t hit a new RM you just try to add a rep to your last session and eventually it’ll come.

Rest is just standard 3 sets of 8-15 or whatever you like.

I’ve found it works well for DBs though. But instead of going to 10 I’ll go to 12 then do 4x6 and if I hit that I try and do 3x8 after 12.

It’s pretty neat.
 
After warm-up did 3 sets on the leg press, failed on the last rep.
3 sets on the leg curl, failed on the 2nd last rep.

Then went home haha.
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