I own the leg press... PR!

[SofaGeorge]

Last week I bumped up my weight 20 lbs to hit a new PR. I rep'd that weight for 2 reps.

This week I warmed up... then hit that weight for 4 reps... added 10 lbs more... hit it for 4 reps... then added 20 lbs more to hit it for 2 reps. (I could have done more but I felt a knee twinge and put it down. Safety before glory.)

So, I added 2o lbs to my former PR for a new PR!

I'm trying to go up a minimum of 10 lbs a week on the leg press, but lately I've been making 20 lbs bumps.

 

[Debaser]

I have a couple questions, please don't take them personally as they're not intended to flame whatsoever:

How do you add 20 lbs each session without speeding up your tempo or sacrafacing form?

This is compounded by the fact that you've been training for so long (20 years or something?). Hell even if you added 2-5 lbs a session (what I try for) wouldn't you be up to like a 2-3000 lb leg press by now?

 

[Thaibox]

Nice jumps Sofa
Are you hitting these before, after, or in place of squats?

 

[SofaGeorge]

Nice jumps Sofa
Are you hitting these before, after, or in place of squats?

I'm hitting them BEFORE squats. My goal is to keep my squat weight/reps the same while raising the bar on my leg press.

So far I'm actually nudging the weight/reps up slightly on the squats too.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I have a couple questions, please don't take them personally as they're not intended to flame whatsoever:

How do you add 20 lbs each session without speeding up your tempo or sacrafacing form?

This is compounded by the fact that you've been training for so long (20 years or something?). Hell even if you added 2-5 lbs a session (what I try for) wouldn't you be up to like a 2-3000 lb leg press by now?

Answers:

1. I haven't added 20lbs every session. I wish I could. That would be awesome. I've also posted a couple times here that when I tried to up the weight I hit terrible form... so I didn't count that week as an improvement even though I got a higher weight. I have to hit the rep in good form to qualify it as an advancement.

2. Yes... I've been training for 20+ years... I've also hit PRs this year on EVERY lift. I definitely lift heavy compared to most people... especially compared to guys my age... but I haven't broken any world records and I doubt I ever will. I am only interested in improving my personal best... and honestly... that does not appear to become stagnant at an early age. I attribute much of breaking through some serious training plateus to what I've learned here on the training board. The knowledge I've gained here is definitely taking me to a new level in strength training.

 

[gettinlarger]

SG, you constantly make tremendous progress.

Excellent work. Keep it up man!

 

[Debaser]

That's awesome that you understand the universal truth:

Whether you do H.I.T., high volume, or what-have-you, the goal is the same. To constantly be adding iron to that bar. Whether it's 10 lbs, or you're eeking out just 1 or 2 lbs, consistant progression and focus is what builds strength and size.

So many people are preoccupied with irrelevent factors, not realizing that the day they hit a 350-400 lb bench or 6-700 lb deadlift they will have some pretty good size.

 

[SofaGeorge]

That's awesome that you understand the universal truth:

Whether you do H.I.T., high volume, or what-have-you, the goal is the same. To constantly be adding iron to that bar. Whether it's 10 lbs, or you're eeking out just 1 or 2 lbs, consistant progression and focus is what builds strength and size.

So many people are preoccupied with irrelevent factors, not realizing that the day they hit a 350-400 lb bench or 6-700 lb deadlift they will have some pretty good size.

What actually astounds me about this is that I am hitting PRs at all. I thought I had peaked out at 35... and even though I have trained heavily and consistantly since then... I didn't truthfully expect to see gains on top of the weight I was using then. It really flips me out to see that at 44 I am easily beating the weights I could use at 35... primarily through a greater understanding of strength training. There has to be a limit... but it is great to know I haven't reached it yet.

I truly wish that when I was your age I had the knowledge base that is available to me now. It would have improved years of training.

 

[MeatHead57]

nice job keep it up

 

[Ish]

Congrats SG. I hope at 44 I'm still hitting it hard and able to keep improving myself too. BTW, what do you squat?