Mar 22, 2022
Bent bar pushdown - 12@70lbs, 10@120lbs, 9@120lbs, 10@100lbs, 10@100lbs, 10@80lbs
Rope pulldown - 12@40, 11@40, 13@40, 13@40
DB kickback - 12@25, 13@25, 15@25, 15@25
Cybex incline press - 10@90, 10@180, 7@180, 6@180
Cybex machine flys - 15@100, 15@110, 15@110
Incline bench - 45@10, 115@10, 115@10, 115@8
● Had to use 25lb DB, all others taken…wish they would order another set or 2, they can afford it because they sure as hell don’t fix shit in there…cheap bastards…Good lifts today though…
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Mar 24, 2022
@Andrewgen_Receptors, @throwawayfitness,
Think I almost fucked up guys…
So I’ve been lifting hard and haven’t given myself any real time to recover. Yesterday about 4 hours after the gym started to get really sore all over. Thought maybe my AS and weather change. Figured out Imnot allowing myself to recover and I’m not 30 yrs old anymore. Example why I think this is when I was doing DB rows at 100lbs I always tighten my core. Do that with most lifts anyway. My sides and ribs were killing me by the end of the day. Also was doing supersets with biceps and back. 180lbs as many as I can then jump to the T-bar rows at 90lbs.(couldnt do 135lbs since I was jumping right from cable rows) Then maybe 60 seconds and right back at it. Need to plan better. Sooooo, taking today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday off to recoup. Already felling better today since I didn’t go yjis morning. This getting old sucks ASS… Hope you guys are doing well.
Dave
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Rest and recovery is critical and it’s good you came to this on your own, instead of your body coming to it for you.
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Many people do well with training 3-4 times per week; I found that training 6x per week worked okay while I was in my intermediate stage but really struggled to keep momentum going as I progressed further. Eventually I found myself trying to run 6x per week but only making it 4x… So that was my body telling me that maybe 4x per week is all I have the ability to recover from with my current recovery-ability.
I think taking a few days off is a smart choice. Then when you’re up and running again, I would try to space your training out appropriately. If you can only do 4x per week, try mon/tues on, weds off, thur/fri on, sat/sun off or active recovery.
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