DE question

[silver_shadow]

does anyone follow DE (bench or squat) with a set of heavier 8-10s? i've been doing this, and it really can be exhausting after the DE set. is this a good idea.

 

[Illuminati]

does anyone follow DE (bench or squat) with a set of heavier 8-10s? i've been doing this, and it really can be exhausting after the DE set. is this a good idea.

no. but sometimes I will hit a couple heavy triples

 

[silver_shadow]

so is a high rep set a good idea at all then?

 

[Illuminati]

so is a high rep set a good idea at all then?

we all get stonger in different ways. if you think you are better suited for doing some high rep stuff, then do that. I just like to keep the reps down for 2 reasons:

1. I am lazy
2. anything more than three reps, and my form starts to go to hell

 

[silver_shadow]

we all get stonger in different ways. if you think you are better suited for doing some high rep stuff, then do that. I just like to keep the reps down for 2 reasons:

1. I am lazy
2. anything more than three reps, and my form starts to go to hell

i actually keep away from heavier weights on DE days because i have already done the low rep range on max day and i find that a bit taxing (although the weight will obviously be lighter than on max day) a second time. i do manage to maintain form, though that is pretty hard and that is one of the reasons it starts to get exhausting after 5 reps.

 

[xblitz44x]

Edit: Nevermind, I need to learn to read.

 

[Chambewy20]

On DE days for lower, we would after doing 9 sets of doubles work up to a heavy single box squat, same set up with gear as you did all the other sets. If you do speed deads following speed squats, take a little rest and then work up to a PR. Maybe once every three or four weeks for either or do one one week, take the next week off from working up, then the other or do one one week, the other the next, take a week off then take a weight or a "max." IMO this corresponds to what you will be feeling like at an actual meet, if you ain't dragging a little ass going into your deadlifts, you haven't tried hard enough.

On ME day, one thing I found out about working up is do high reps on minimal weights to warm up obviously but start trying to make bigger jumps. Pick your PR weight or the weight you want to hit then take big jumps, as you would in a meet in order to get more used to it. One rule of thumb is 10% or your max or PR.

For DE bench, I would work up to a heavy single double or triple on close grip, just an idea.

 

[silver_shadow]

thx for the input guys, much appreciated.

 

[Illuminati]

i actually keep away from heavier weights on DE days because i have already done the low rep range on max day and i find that a bit taxing (although the weight will obviously be lighter than on max day) a second time. i do manage to maintain form, though that is pretty hard and that is one of the reasons it starts to get exhausting after 5 reps.

once you really learn to press with all that you got with a light weight, you are going to burn yourself out of energy and really not want to do more than 3 reps. that, and your body is going to move on the bench, and you are going to loose your form.

 

[silver_shadow]

thanks illuminati, i guess that settles it then.