who was it that said:
‘it doesn’t get easier. you just get stronger’.
squats are like that for me. gets to be a point where i feel like the weight is so heavy i couldn’t lift more weight. but i can lift a lot more weight. it doesn’t feel any heavier… but the weight either goes up or it doesn’t.
i kinda love that.
When I said grind, I meant the every day, not shitty reps. Form is very important to me. At the moment, I’m more interested in what I’ll be doing in 6-10 months for my working sets and what my body weight will be. Seriously, a 300 lb squat and 240 something bench is nothing to write home about. I’m not even interested in trying to max until I am at least 3 to 6 months into my program. Also, I specifically chose BBB and started what appears to be a little light because it will allow me to get more reps and use better form.
-Zep
[quote]alexus wrote:
who was it that said:
‘it doesn’t get easier. you just get stronger’.
squats are like that for me. gets to be a point where i feel like the weight is so heavy i couldn’t lift more weight. but i can lift a lot more weight. it doesn’t feel any heavier… but the weight either goes up or it doesn’t.
i kinda love that.[/quote]
Greg LeMond gets credit for that but it was in regards to stretching actually : )
Dont mean to bring this thread up again, but I just completed my 5/3/1 OHP workout and on my last set I got 10 reps with the weight I was supposed to do 1 rep with. Had one or two left in the tank. (Really unexpected because I only got 7 last week with less weight. I am really happy with this. I hope it carries over to my next 3 workouts.) My question now is, should I reset this weight or stick with the progression? Also, could I skip the deload week and just get the prescribed reps for my next “5” week, or should I just stay the course?
For the record, BBB is kicking my ass on leg days. My shins are sore from all the deads (dragging the bar), and I have tightness in my iliopsoas muscle that I am trying to work out by stretching. Gets real painful when I get to parallel squatting. Any tips?
-Zep
Zep, I understand that the title of the program is a little misleading in some respects, but thinking about the numbers “5”, “3”, and “1” as the number of reps that you are “supposed to do” is unproductive because these numbers represent “reset triggers.” In other words, you were not “supposed to do 1 rep” on the 1’s day, but if on the 1’s day you fail to get at least one rep, its time to reset.
You were supposed to do what you did, which is get as many reps as possible without failing. Its not uncommon to get 8 reps on the 1’s day one cycle, then add weight next cycle, and get 8 or more reps. In fact, that’s a great result and it means you are getting stronger. Just keep following the program as proscribed until you fail to make the prescribed reps on any given 1’s, 3’s, or 5’s day, then reset. It will eventually catch up with you.
[quote]Zeppelin0731 wrote:
Dont mean to bring this thread up again, but I just completed my 5/3/1 OHP workout and on my last set I got 10 reps with the weight I was supposed to do 1 rep with. Had one or two left in the tank. (Really unexpected because I only got 7 last week with less weight. I am really happy with this. I hope it carries over to my next 3 workouts.) My question now is, should I reset this weight or stick with the progression? Also, could I skip the deload week and just get the prescribed reps for my next “5” week, or should I just stay the course?
For the record, BBB is kicking my ass on leg days. My shins are sore from all the deads (dragging the bar), and I have tightness in my iliopsoas muscle that I am trying to work out by stretching. Gets real painful when I get to parallel squatting. Any tips?
-Zep[/quote]
Stick with the progression.
Ice, heat, liniment, stretching, foam rolling, eat more, drink more water, anti-inflammatories
When I did 5/3/1 I found that if my 1 rms are what I say they are 5-3-1 becomes 9-7-5 on the last sets… Even on the “1” week where you are doing 95%, 95% of 90% is only 85.5%… a trained person should be able to do this about 5 times. So if on the 1 week I’d bang out 8 reps I know my training weight was even lighter than it “should be”…
[quote]americaninsweden wrote:
[quote]black_angus1 wrote:
[quote]americaninsweden wrote:
Exactly! When i am not running a program, which is almost always, i max whenever I feel like it. I probably maxed or attempted it 6 times in the last month and a half just in squatting. Failing is motivation and it gets your body used to the weight that you are going to lift next session. Don’t be afraid to max.[/quote]
This is a fantastic way to make gains in CNS burnout.
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Tell that to Olympic champions and weightlifters everywhere… [/quote]
maxing on olympic lifts and front squats are not nearly the same as maxing on powerlifts. although americansweden’s 6 times maxing in one month is definitely not too much
Just got done with my DL day. Killin it. I love this program and I really hope I keep seeing results like this. This is great.
Thanks for the replies everyone.
-Zep