Another Single Factor 5x5 Journal

[Anthrax Invasion]

Thanks.

I don't think you've noticed, but there's also a 'Post Reply' button that you can use that doesn't quote everything the previous person wrote. If everyone always quoted everyone else, the pages would be a pain in the ass to read through.

Hitting the 'Reply' button and quoting people is useful when you want to reply to part of a post in particular, but it gets annoying if you do it all the time.

PW|\|D

 

[young_squatter]

Sorry about that anotherbutters.

 

[anotherbutters]

That's ok, you've got the hang of it now

 

[anotherbutters]

Nearly 9 hours sleep and I'm still tired. Definitely time for some R&R.

I have matching stress lines under my thumb nails from using the hook grip. Still painful to touch, but no bruising. Good stuff

 

[|D_J^B_J|]

Butters, how often are you making PRs on each of your lifts?
Are you making them every two weeks? If so, I don't think there is really a need to deload.

My military, bench and row seem to be increasing every 2 weeks and only my squat and deadlift are still increasing each week.
So, I am effectively increasing my bench, military and row by 2.5kg every 3 - 4 weeks, which is an increase of 6 - 8kg in 10 weeks. This is quite a bit and is still enough to be milking more from the program without the need for deloading or backing up 10lbs below your top lift and working your way up over the course of a few weeks (as Young_Squatter was suggesting).

Once your lifts stall for more than 2-3 weeks (specifically the squat, since that exercise involves the largest muscle groups both in size and quantity), then I think it would be worth considering other techniques. Until then, I think it'd be better to keep on going (unless your body is extremely fatigued and is screaming at you for not giving it a deload).

 

[anotherbutters]

I posted a summary last week here. Since then, I've got another bench PR, but it was incredibly hard, a squat PR, which was quite hard, failed again on military and did worse on pullups. I'd already stalled on deads and rows and decided to back off the weight and start doing triples.

At present, I don't think I'll get any PRs next week. I just need a break, mentally if not physically. A week out won't do any harm. I'll probably do some light high rep work, but with low overall load. I like the HST idea of the 15's, flushing the joints with lactose to help healing, but I'd be using light weight, say 50%.

Thumb update: they still hurt, lol.

 

[anotherbutters]

No smpathy from Jim, G5.0 or BW...? :bawls:

And why doesn't :bawls: work any more?

 

[Jim Ouini]

I haven't set a PR in anything in like 3 months so you get no sympathy from me

Well, I'm am sorry your thumb hurts

Seriously though, enjoy the week off. My last week off I just did some active recovery, it felt great.

 

[Guinness5.0]

And why doesn't :bawls: work any more?

Are you on acycle?

No, no sympathy here. I haven't set a PR in months - well nothing under a ten-rep PR anyway.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Butters, it's lactate. The high rep flushes the joints and connective tissues with lactate, coming from the build up of lactic acid. Not lactose. That's from milk.