[quote]Phydeaux wrote:
I just started the Coan program tonight. I think I’ll write up a training log in the forum.
I noticed you didn’t blame the accessory exercises or your bench routine as factors in your results. From your posts, it looked like you tried to improve those as well as your DL. Do you think they helped you at all, or at least didn’t prove to be a hindrance?
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I figured I had already blamed everything else, I might as well leave my bench alone.
I know I said somewhere in the log that I don’t tend to do well with maintenance mode. You are right, I was trying to push my bench training pretty hard as well, and I’m sure the added stress did not help. In fact, I postponed my DL day once or twice, because my back was still tight from working my arch so hard the day before.
Good luck with the program. I still think the key is adequate food and rest, and not killing yourself on the back circuit that follows the DLing.