This is accurate:
What does the program advise if/when one does not make progress? Rippetoe tends to lay things out in easy to understand and follow programming.
This is accurate:
What does the program advise if/when one does not make progress? Rippetoe tends to lay things out in easy to understand and follow programming.
Synthetic Nike and LuLu Lemon workout shirts, no chalk, center knurling on the Rogue Ohio Power Bar. I’m currently doing school remotely so except for chasing after my son, pretty sedentary lifestyle at the moment. I have a Dark Iron lifting belt that I use just for working sets of squats, I tried using it for deadlifts but it didn’t feel right. Recently ordered a weighted dip belt so I can start loading on my pull-ups and chin-ups. I’m going to dig into Rip’s articles or just buy the books, and get more info while I let my shoulders/triceps recover and then I’ll get back into it. Not going to completely stop working out though, still going to keep working on my deadlift but will drop my squat and bench down to around 180 just to keep the movements solid.
If I don’t notice an improvement after two weeks of taking it easy then I’ll contact my Dr. otherwise, I’ll repeat the last two weeks of the program that I did successfully and go from there.
Read the books, study the lifts videos on his website. In the books, you will likely find the answers for why you stalled already. Will Brink mentioned earlier that Rippetoe usually spells this stuff out, and he does.
Thank you, I’ve been listening to the podcasts and watching the videos for a while now, I don’t feel like I’m really stalling as just dealing with an injury, my bar speed on squat and overhead press was starting to slow prior to the injury but I have some one pound plates I was going to start using soon to keep from stalling. I’m going to order the books tonight.
Its ok to take a break when flirting with injury plus less than ideal sleep and nutrition. Erring on the side of undertraining means you don’t progress as fast as theoretically possible. Over training can have far greater consequences!
Deloading actually improves progress and will be scheduled into smart strength athletes programs as well as other sports. See also:
https://brinkzone.com/why-are-bodybu...ck-in-the-70s/
- Will
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Number one, fix your food and rest.
Your deadlift and OH press seem low compared to your squat. What is your bench at?
On hand placement I tend to end up so my thumbs are just at the ring marks on the bar while keep a neutral wrist position. My hands are on top of the bar and my knuckles are perpendicular to my forearms and not inline with the bar. Thumbs are on top of the bar.
The closer you can get your hands to your shoulders and the higher your elbows the tighter the shelf for the bar will be. I think this is essential for a low bar squat.
The SS progression will stall pretty quick if you aren't resting and eating enough, or if you went too high with your initial numbers. I also found that I needed to have longer rest times between sets the further I got down the line. Just going from a 2:00 min rest between sets to a 3:00 can make a difference. I don't see guys at the gym with a 315 squat doing sets every 1:00.
I also suggest doing a deload on your lifts that are stalling. All lifts will not progress the same. This is normal. Doing a deload seems like taking a step back and it is, but its necessary for continued improvement. Think of your workouts as contributing to the cumulative effect of training and not individual feats of performance.
Last edited by bp7178; 11-05-20 at 12:14.
So what I did was deload my squat and bench as the pain was effecting both. I then did five rounds of 20x5 chin-ups with a min rest between sets. This has really helped with the pain. I’ve been staying at 160 for my squat and 180 for bench.
So just before the injury, My Bench was at 205 for 3x5.
Currently my deadlift is 275 for a set of 5
Overhead press is at 122.5 for 5x3
Now that I’m feeling better, I’m going to start ramping my squat and bench back up so by next week I’ll be squatting 225, and benching 205. At least that’s the plan, perhaps I’ll do a longer ramp up to get back to the weight I was at when the injury occurred.
as you get older, you'll find that you can't add much weight at all, unless you reduce the number of reps and only train a muscle group once per week. I use 4 reps, 3, 2 , 1, 4, going up in weight for each of the first 4 sets, and then back down to starting weight for the last 4 reps. If you can't do that, you're starting too heavy. I can usually add 5 lbs per week with legs, and 2.5 lbs per week for some of the arm stuff. The others, it's every couple of weeks. do this for a while and you can tell 2-3 days in advance when you're catching a cold or the flu, cause your performance falls way off.
Last edited by tellum; 11-13-20 at 18:11.
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