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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: October 31, 2010, 05:25:00 pm »
I could go with Kelly's money sets as well... like a set of up to say 6 reps with a weight followed by some volume sets. I just feel it's too complicated. I want to have a hypertrophy block right now for a while and then switch to lower rep ranges. 3x8 works pretty good at the moment (except the elbow and wrist pain) and I'm upping up in weight. I'm using low weights right now (like ~60-70%) and keep on getting them up. Right now I'm at 90 kg for 3x8 and I should plateau at about 105 from what I feel I'm currently capable of.
I don't really like staying at a weight and keep on trying to improve on that weight... if I stall I usually reset to a lower weight by like 10% or so and start going up again.
So maybe going with 3x8@90 tomorrow and 3x5@100 Thursday, then 3x8@92.5 and 3x5@102.5 etc etc etc until I stall is what I'll do.
I don't really like staying at a weight and keep on trying to improve on that weight... if I stall I usually reset to a lower weight by like 10% or so and start going up again.
So maybe going with 3x8@90 tomorrow and 3x5@100 Thursday, then 3x8@92.5 and 3x5@102.5 etc etc etc until I stall is what I'll do.

