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rospina
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I am not too familiar with gear, but I'm not looking to get bigger at all. In fact, I wouldn't mind losing a few pounds. I have a tough time making 145, and someday I need to making 135, which is why I've stuck with sarms. And I have def felt the cardio/strength benefits it can provide.
Aside from that, I had my first strength lift on both osta and s4 today (lower body). I have already been lifting for about 3 weeks since the fight (since I cut out heavy weight lifting 4 weeks prior to the competition). I use the deadlifts as my main strength workout for lower body days. Everything else is accessory work. I take the Wendler 5/3/1 approach, except for instead of increasing the intensity every week, I increase it every two weeks. I haven't max'd in a while, so I'm basing it on some old numbers (where 300 lbs is my 1RM for deadlifts). I assume it is higher, because 270 is supposed to be 85%1RM, and I was able to rep out 275 lbs. x 5 times. I will attempt this number or more my last week on the cycle, to see if there is an improvement.
For upper body days, my main stength exercise is bench (I'm sticking to dumbell right now, to get a rest from barbell. It also helps with my shoulder stabilizers). I've never max'd with dumbells, but I used to have a hard time pushing 85 lb. dumbells for 5 reps before my last fight. Like I said, this cycle will be interesting since I can focus on strength now. My last cycle was taken 4 weeks out of the fight, and like i said, heavy strength training is eliminated about 4 weeks out (switch to power and anaerobic threshold training instead) to prevent overtraining of the central nervous system.
My life does not revolve around strength and conditioning since my number one priority is on the mat. Therefore I make sure I strength train enough to get good results, but not enough to overtrain and hinder my MMA training. Can't wait to see the results!!
Aside from that, I had my first strength lift on both osta and s4 today (lower body). I have already been lifting for about 3 weeks since the fight (since I cut out heavy weight lifting 4 weeks prior to the competition). I use the deadlifts as my main strength workout for lower body days. Everything else is accessory work. I take the Wendler 5/3/1 approach, except for instead of increasing the intensity every week, I increase it every two weeks. I haven't max'd in a while, so I'm basing it on some old numbers (where 300 lbs is my 1RM for deadlifts). I assume it is higher, because 270 is supposed to be 85%1RM, and I was able to rep out 275 lbs. x 5 times. I will attempt this number or more my last week on the cycle, to see if there is an improvement.
For upper body days, my main stength exercise is bench (I'm sticking to dumbell right now, to get a rest from barbell. It also helps with my shoulder stabilizers). I've never max'd with dumbells, but I used to have a hard time pushing 85 lb. dumbells for 5 reps before my last fight. Like I said, this cycle will be interesting since I can focus on strength now. My last cycle was taken 4 weeks out of the fight, and like i said, heavy strength training is eliminated about 4 weeks out (switch to power and anaerobic threshold training instead) to prevent overtraining of the central nervous system.
My life does not revolve around strength and conditioning since my number one priority is on the mat. Therefore I make sure I strength train enough to get good results, but not enough to overtrain and hinder my MMA training. Can't wait to see the results!!
