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Gyms back open today. So nice to
Be back. And just like weights at home felt heavier. They definitely felt lighter at the gym today. Must by psychological

Is there a rule on how many reps you should get in the first set? I’m assuming You’re looking for no. Ore than 12-13 reps in the first set? Is auto regulated still good for hypertrophy? This...

On self regulated, is heavy on Monday, Wednesday, Friday going to be too much? Program says 1-4 days a week. But always thought 3 heavies means yours not doing heavy enough?! I’m only considering...

Ok managed to do this today so seems fine. Passed on everything except OHP which felt unusually weak. Might retest that again this week. Is cycle 6 now. Is it too early to go self regulated?

Ok cool. I’ll see tomorrow and delay till Wednesday if not. If I need to skip this week what would I set back to?

If it’s still playing up can I test bench, OHP and bicep curl? Maybe skip row ,squat and SLdl?

Ok, what will the jog do? Loosen me up?

Its my test day tomorrow. Yesterday after a long drive I have possible sciatica nerve issues. It’s like a tight band pinching from the lower back, through my glute, hamstring and calf. It’s worse...

I think I must be a bit weird, because I’m actually really looking forward to cutting. Interested to see if I can see any muscle gain

So thinking today about my weight. In the last 6 months on this I’ve been on a bulk. I’ve put on 8kg in 6 months, so just over 1kg a month. How much of this is likely to be muscle do you think? ...

Oh this is interesting. So on light day I do this for chest only I assume? And should I do this at the beginning of the workout?

Sounds impossible. I’ll make sure I have a spotter 😬

So this means when I hit my 80kg for 10 reps, I SHOULD be able to push a 100kg 1rm?

So it’s going to take another year or so to hit 100kg on bench?

I was having a think today. When I get to body weight bench (around 80kg). How hard is it to add weights on after that? How long should it take to get to say 100kg bench?

How do you set up the safety bar in the rack for bench? If the bars are high enough to catch the bar does it not affect the ROM. at the bottom?

That’s a fair point. I only have 2 weeks until the gym opens.

Going back to my boredom and mixing up. Is there any harm in making the light day a dumbel day to mix things up?

When the gym opens the scary bump won’t be so scary as there will be the safety bars. Right now I’m benching under a home made wooden frame stuck in buckets of concrete! If I do pass a test and...

Na my squat is 30kg away from being 1.25 of my bw. So that’s 3 or 4 cycles away?

I am at a stage now where a 10% bump is feeling like a lot adding 7kg to my bench seems like quite a lot to add on...

You’ve totally lost me on the progress bit.

Are my lifts progressing too slowly for 5 cycles?
I don’t get the 1000lbs reference either?