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This is not a dig so don’t take it that way.

But I’ve seen some of your videos you’ve posted and I would not say you’re really good at maximizing your sets.

Your form leaves a lot to be desired...

You can also not progress from too little volume.

It’s a balancing act that takes trial and error.

You’re never going to get it 100% right and it’s a moving goalpost anyway.

You’re overthinking it too much.

Just drop a set from each movement and see how you do.

If you’re already losing mass like you say, you’re not gonna suddenly lose even more.

Are you taking...

Unsurprisingly you’ll see most advanced lifters scale back leg training unless it’s a clear weak point.

You’re disrupting so much muscle that I’m amazed you can even recover systemically.
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Nice work as always.

I hate losing track of reps because I’ll add an extra 1-2 too lol.

Stiff Leg Deadlift (Barbell)
Set 1: 135 lb × 8 [Warm-up]
Set 2: 185 lb × 5 [Warm-up]
Set 3: 225 lb × 3 [Warm-up]
Set 4: 275 lb × 2 [Warm-up]
Set 5: 315 lb × 1 [Warm-up]
Set 6: 365 lb × 1...

Don’t do the lift vault program.

It’s not an actual program by Dr Mike.

That’s just a spreadsheet someone compiled from all the different body parts of the hypertrophy hub guidelines so I don’t...

Seated Overhead Press (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 25 lb × 10 [Warm-up]
Set 2: 25 lb × 6 [Warm-up]
Set 3: 50 lb × 4 [Warm-up]
Set 4: 65 lb × 2 [Warm-up]
Set 5: 85 lb × 9 @ 10
Set 6: 85 lb × 8 @ 10

Same...

Sweet piece of equipment that’ll be fun to use.

Training looking good and nice job making sure to not bury yourself when you were feeling off.

Ok cool that makes more sense I was thinking holy fuk no wonder you’re having issues jumping up that many sets.

I’d still say take a break from 19ish quad sets a week. Try like 12-15 and see how...

So you’re basically trying to use some sort of MEV to MRV set progression?

I wouldn’t encourage you to just actively add sets every single session.

That’s a very large volume increase...

Pull Up
Set 1: 8 reps [Warm-up]
Set 2: 5 reps [Warm-up]
Set 3: 1 rep [Warm-up]
Set 4: 1 rep [Warm-up]
Set 5: +25 lb × 8 @ 10 + 2 reps from last week so new PR
Set 6: +25 lb × 6 @ 10 +15lbs from...

20 sets of quads is quite high and 8-12 week blocks also seems a little nutty unless you’re really good at managing fatigue or not that advanced.

Conventional deadlifts would be more of a direct...

If you’re not having issues with upper body then I wouldn’t worry.

If you break down the parts what are the sets for quads/hams/glutes keeping in mind some overlap.

But just direct work.

You can easily keep the same setup.

I just think you need to try dropping the volume down a bit. Your legs aren’t going to shrink from like a 4-6 week block that would realistically still be above...

25% is only 4.75 sets.

19 sets in a single day seems really high to be honest.

I think you’ve got a lot of junk volume going if you’re hammering that many sets for legs twice a week.

If memory serves me right vikings requires you to hit a total rep goal in the 4 sets. Like 30-32 or something.

So you’re doing way under the required amount of reps, so you need to drop the weight...

I’d say post a thread to ask this. Don’t wanna derail here even though it’s tangently related

Could be repeated bout effect causing some issues and just getting stale in the range you’re going.

You may be better off dropping your leg sets 25% for a meso to get some volume sensitivity back...

Hack Squat
Set 1: 90 lb × 15 [Warm-up]
Set 2: 180 lb × 6 [Warm-up]
Set 3: 270 lb × 3 [Warm-up]
Set 4: 360 lb × 1 [Warm-up]
Set 5: 450 lb × 1 [Warm-up]
Set 6: 480 lb × 13 @ 9.5 PR
Set 7: 480 lb...