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05-18-2022, 08:19 PM #1
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05-18-2022, 09:03 PM #2
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05-19-2022, 12:53 AM #3
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You should be thinking the opposite: if you were able to get 3 sets of 8 then it means sets 1 and 2 were leaving some effort left in the tank. It's natural for reps to drop from set to set if they were truly hard sets.
Personally, I prefer to keep the weight the same for 2 or 3 sessions and increase the reps first - because it's clearer where the progress is. Otherwise you are left with a conundrum as to which is better: 7 reps at 90 or 8 reps at 85?
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05-19-2022, 01:04 AM #4
As long as you are gradually adding weight to the rep range chosen (6-8 in your post), it’s a form of “progressive overload.”
The question many struggle with is “when?”
It’s this simple…ANY TIME you can safely add weight and still get your rep range goals met, then add, do it!
Some need a system with rules, others go by how they feel and how they performed last workout or last set. There’s nothing wrong with using different weights each set, in fact there is literature to support that approach.
For example:
90x6
90x5
80x7
Or
80x9
85x8
85x7
Making adjustments as needed to hit target rep range.
None of it makes you smaller."A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Old Guy deadlifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMrim-0Dks
bench press https://youtu.be/GaRzfueJVJQ
Every workout is GAME DAY!
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05-19-2022, 10:55 AM #5
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Try a double progression method.
So you hit 90x8 on your first set yet not on the two other sets. Next week keep the weight at 90 and go for two sets of 8 reps. Then the following week keep it at 90lbs and go for that third set of 8 reps. Once you get all three sets of 8 reps then increase the weight.My training log: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=178464441
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05-19-2022, 11:03 AM #6
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05-19-2022, 11:24 AM #7
The idea of waiting until all three sets of 8 are hit will be impacted by rest intervals. This is why I go by first set performance…just what makes sense to me. Can always back off again after reaching for more.
In the end its “enough work” with “enough weight “ to stimulate change."A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Old Guy deadlifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMrim-0Dks
bench press https://youtu.be/GaRzfueJVJQ
Every workout is GAME DAY!
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05-19-2022, 01:24 PM #8
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05-20-2022, 01:18 AM #9
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05-20-2022, 01:32 AM #10
I'm thinking of sets combined with a rep counting.
For example, goal is 24 reps, but I want to achieve it in 3 sets.
Day1. 8,8,8 - achieved, increase weight next time
Day2. 7, 7, 7, 3 - same weight next time
Day3. 8, 7, 7, 2 - same weight next time
Day4. 8, 8, 7, 1 - same weight next time
Day5. 9, 8, 7 - increase weight next time
Sure, the last sets (3 reps, 2 reps, 1 reps) are not hard, but they can be dome with a myo-rep style or with just a short rest period.
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