I think MULE is trying to kill me...

[Ish]

Shouldn't you feel fatigued once you get done with your work sets with the shirt? I mean, this is supposed to be hard, right?

 

[BigWh1tey]

Shouldn't you feel fatigued once you get done with your work sets with the shirt? I mean, this is supposed to be hard, right?

its only supposed to be hard if you want big numbers.

 

[spatts]

I know Project's going to say that MULE told him to do this, so I'm anxious to hear exactly what he said.

 

[Ish]

How often are you supposed to be working up to a 1RM too? I'm not sure on this. Whitey?

 

[BigWh1tey]

i do it after my work sets, usually once every three weeks , or whenever Mule calls me a pussy.

 

[Ish]

Lol, cool man, thx.

 

[spatts]

i do it after my work sets, usually once every three weeks , or whenever Mule calls me a pussy.

 

[TheProject]

Drop your 5x3 sets to 185 and try it there you need to be able to do the volume

That's the reason that I dropped the weight.

Initially, the plan that I got from MULE was to work up to 200 raw, then put on the shirt, and do 5x3 @ 225. When that damn near killed me, he said to drop the weight down.

I suppose I could have stopped my warmups before 185, but I figured I can do it, so why not.

Now, the part that I had forgotten over the course of this thread was where MULE said:

Why do your muscles fail, because your exhausted and are not conditioned..... I realize you can do 200 for 5x3 . I'd rather see you have enough energy to get throught the w/o...total tonage my man total tonage....stay at 185 for 2 weeks bump up to 195 for a week go to 200 for a week than 215 for a week all 5x3 after this call me

I've actually done three weeks at 185 now, and I think I'm good to do my work sets with at least 195...I don't think I'd have a problem jumping back to 200 or 215.

Recommendations? 195, 200, 215?

225?

 

[Ish]

I'd say go 205. If 185 is easy for you, 205 shouldn't be bad either. I could be wrong, but if 205 is easy too, go to 215 or 225 the next week too.

 

[BigWh1tey]

205 sounds about right , maybe 215 start taking it up until you fail on a triple then back it off and do more volume . I think your taking his total tonnage coment a bit too far. Most people take about 8 workouts (1 month ) to adjust to the new volume. The MM workouts are brutal