Question about exercise selection on Matt Reynolds DFHT

[Neo22]

Neo, what I would do is warm up with something that you don't count, maybe 135x10....then 185x6, 205x6, 215x6, 235x6, 205x10 to finish off......the next week finish with 250x6, then the next finish at 265x6, then 280x6 the next, then go for a new PR every week making 5lb jumps until you start to stall out.....increase the backoff set each week too. After squats, I'd SLDL for 4 sets of 8.....then finish off on the leg press for 4 sets of 8.

i warmpu with 135x10, then i do 185x6, then 225x6 then do working sets usually.

 

[BiggT]

That was just an off the top of my head example.....what is important if you're stalled is to take a little weight off the top end sets to ensure you nail every rep, then hold reps constant every week and add week each week, setting it up so you PR on week 3 or 4 and then try to keep adding to that and string along a nice little run of PRs before you have to backoff again..........I really like your exercise selection....you're high on quality and low on fluff, I think you just need to handle fatigue and hitting sticking points a little differently (just back off and re-ramp, OR tweak exercises and rep ranges, rather than get frustrated and doubt yourself and look for a new 'program').

 

[Neo22]

That was just an off the top of my head example.....what is important if you're stalled is to take a little weight off the top end sets to ensure you nail every rep, then hold reps constant every week and add week each week, setting it up so you PR on week 3 or 4 and then try to keep adding to that and string along a nice little run of PRs before you have to backoff again..........I really like your exercise selection....you're high on quality and low on fluff, I think you just need to handle fatigue and hitting sticking points a little differently (just back off and re-ramp, OR tweak exercises and rep ranges, rather than get frustrated and doubt yourself and look for a new 'program').

thanks for the help bro!

 

[Tweakle]

like MrT says the generic routine is just a guideline.. for pulling / pushing it would make sense to have an equal number of exercises in the same planes (shoulder press/chin and bench/row) imo.. I also don't like to treat deads or shrugs as a 'pulling' exercise as they don't involve shoulder retraction.