Lumberg
New member
What's up guys, I know PL is all about maximizing your 1 rep max, but the event in which I am competing is more about endurance....
Over a week or more, competitors do as many reps as possible of:
dips
pull ups
Squat @ 1.25x their BW
Bench @ BW
Preacher curl @ .4x their BW
Right now I am doing lots of pull ups and dips as usual, practicing the preacher event at the required poundage, doing a squat burnout set at the end of my leg workout with the required weight, and doing 3 sets to failure on bench at my bodyweight. I also do burnout preacher and pull ups at the end of back/bi day. Preacher bench is by far my weakest event (I had never tried before but I think I got about 6 when I did) and dips and/or squat is going to be my strongest event (I'm thinking in the 20s for both). Bench low teens, pull ups high teens.
Points are awarded based on how you place in each event.
The dates aren't set yet but the event will take place in April.
So any suggestions? I hope by knowing how to maximize one type of strength you might know about the flip side.
One of the things I was thinking of doing is short (1 min) rest between sets. I usually do BB style workouts and take long rests (2-5 minutes) between sets of my major lifts. That usually leads to only small dropoffs between the first and second sets of a three-set workout, then a bigger one for the third.
Comments, suggestions welcome.
JC
Over a week or more, competitors do as many reps as possible of:
dips
pull ups
Squat @ 1.25x their BW
Bench @ BW
Preacher curl @ .4x their BW
Right now I am doing lots of pull ups and dips as usual, practicing the preacher event at the required poundage, doing a squat burnout set at the end of my leg workout with the required weight, and doing 3 sets to failure on bench at my bodyweight. I also do burnout preacher and pull ups at the end of back/bi day. Preacher bench is by far my weakest event (I had never tried before but I think I got about 6 when I did) and dips and/or squat is going to be my strongest event (I'm thinking in the 20s for both). Bench low teens, pull ups high teens.
Points are awarded based on how you place in each event.
The dates aren't set yet but the event will take place in April.
So any suggestions? I hope by knowing how to maximize one type of strength you might know about the flip side.
One of the things I was thinking of doing is short (1 min) rest between sets. I usually do BB style workouts and take long rests (2-5 minutes) between sets of my major lifts. That usually leads to only small dropoffs between the first and second sets of a three-set workout, then a bigger one for the third.
Comments, suggestions welcome.
JC