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Quote from: Dreyth on May 25, 2012, 02:03:57 pm

if anyone cares i've switched over to the conventional deadlift. currently my bests are 330x7 and 340x6. I will be attempting 350x5 next week.

I also do back extensions twice a week. On one day, I do 3x8 with heavier weight, and on the other day, 4x15 with lighter weight.

Great!

One question: Why do you decrease reps while increasing weight?

I'm doing 5/3/1. Each cycle is split up into 4 waves/weeks:

Wave 1 - 85% x 5 or more reps
Wave 2 - 90% x 3 or more reps
Wave 3 - 95% x 1 or more reps
Wave 4 - 85% x 3 (just a de-load)

For the next cycle, increase your 1RM by 10lbs on squat or dead, and 5lbs on press or bench.

The idea is to work around the same estimated max at different rep ranges, and then move up to higher weight after the cycle.

So If I do 330x5, 350x3, 360x1 this cycle,
I'll go for 340x5, 360x3, 370x1 next cycle.

So far it's been working nicely for my deadlift. I'm almost always able to hit more than the minimum number of reps. I don't have to, but I can if I want to.

how long do you plan to de-load for?

when do you plan on doing 6-8 rep squats again?

sounds interesting. this got me thinking.

is it bad if my knees collapse inward a bit on a running 2 legged jump? i can't possible imagine myself not letting that happen.

it would work as a 24" depth jump. havn't tried it, maybe it messes with your concentration on the landing...

tho it would be hard to know if you're getting 6" every single time. stack some textbooks on that bench instead.

of course if you're not full squatting it may be heavier than the deadlift

my full squat was higher than my DL for about 2-3 years, but that's because I didn't deadlift. now my DL is higher after just 3 months of doing it.

I say you work for relative strength for a while:



Improve strength for the reasons Kingfish said

But also cut some of that fat and get lean. Maybe you'll taking a liking to bodybuilding when you look better, who knows? In addition it'll get you lighter in the case you do train for the dec. or maybe you'll want to increase your vertical again.



Just another idea.

never understood the whole C/C#/objective C/C++ thing

wasnt even until this week that i figured out Java and Javascript are two different entities.

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