Besides everything mentioned...the Smith bar, in many cases in neutral or close to neutral...the weight is 30-45lbs less that the weight on a BB bench, when configured the same...in other words the...
Davis--Novice question for the advanced program.....on the face pulls (never done them much in the past), do you have a grip preference?? And, by incline, you are pulling from low to high??
Then why did you ask??? Its just like that (PPL), but totally different!!...Its 3 shoulder days in 4 days, and mine would be aching bad...just do it and don't ask anyone if you already have your...
Yes it matters...maybe a fraction "accidentally" do it right...but very few..anything works for a few months simply because of CNS adaptation/progression...Heed the advice...its typically given in...
You were told wrong...Find a proven beginner program with progressive overload and stick to it...You'll be glad you did in the beginning, instead of spinning your wheels with the bro splits..
Balance is a good thing...Pulling from 3 different angles/origins....Look at the first 3 lifts on pull day of the Fierce 5 Legs, Push, Pull Intermediate....
Why are you better at writing a PPL program than the experienced "experts" that already have??...there are many direction I could go, but I'll just start with one...Do you really want to try to...
No...its awesome.... because you know way more than anyone that you've asked for advice and way more than the folks that have written the dozens of proven programs here and elsewhere..Deadlifting 4 x...
Too much volume and too much isolation...I'll stop there.. Nearly all will tell you to pick a beginners/novice program from the above stickies and work it unchanged..Most people start...
Davis--I'm wondering if you've prescribed, or run, the Intermediate/Advanced U/L LPP or LPP with the presses, OHPs, and row variations with higher/hypertrophy-type rep schemes? I now we've talked...
