Feeling Undiminished, Blut Attempts Restoration

[the-short-one]

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[The Shadow]

Blut - are you using a rack for the squats??

you can use for the floor presses as well

 

[Protobuilder]

RE: your comment about endurance . . . do you think that after an initial conditioning blitz here, that you'll be able to push pretty heavy weights on 20 reppers? I always kind of wonder if the light weights needed to let you hit 20 is somehow "less good" than heavy triples or fives, etc. Probably both good, at diff't times. . .

 

[BiggT]

I'm glad the 20-reppers are going well, and there is nothing eating everything in sight when you visit family

 

[The Shadow]

RE: your comment about endurance . . . do you think that after an initial conditioning blitz here, that you'll be able to push pretty heavy weights on 20 reppers? I always kind of wonder if the light weights needed to let you hit 20 is somehow "less good" than heavy triples or fives, etc. Probably both good, at diff't times. . .

Great progress can be made by adding 5 pounds to the bar at each workout....you can usually getall 20 for 6-8 sessions....then add 10 pounds at each session and work your way back down to a set of 3.


the 1RM will typically jump by 15%.

 

[solarclimax]

I know 1 thing, when i came off the 10 and 15 reps of HST, i was much less tired after squating in old PR range on sets of 5.

 

[The Shadow]

maybe I missed the reply..

Blut - you have a training/power rack with adjustable racks?

 

[blut wump]

No, I have just a squat stand which is why I'm floor pressing from a pile of weights. Luckily, I've not yet had to dump a bar while squatting but I have rubber mats down to afford some protection to the bar, weights and concrete.

If I stick with this home-gym plan then a power-rack and bench are the next items.

 

[The Shadow]

cool.

 

[blut wump]

No workout yesterday as we had a disaster with the chickens. I was sure that we'd secured the place against any fox intrusion but it looks like a fanged rodent got in. It actually tore it's own entrance through the roofing material and killed eight chickens. Somehow seven others survived although two of them have wounds.

After reinforcing the fortifications and disposing of the corpses and clucking around the others I reckoned the workout could wait a day. It was very saddening.