Little Boy to Large Man (Log)

[lweaver]

EM-consider someone who can deadlift 300 lbs for 5 reps and someone who can deadlift 600 lbs for 5 reps. Each lifter is completing a 5RM, however the nervous system of the stronger lifter is taxed more. While neurological adaptation has occured with muscular adaptation in the stronger lifter, it is safe to say that it's going to take more recovery time-a great strain is still being placed on the body. While rate of perceived exertion might be similar in both lifters completing the 5RM, the lifts are in different ballparks. Therefore what I'm getting at is powerlifters are plenty good at completing 3-5 rep maxes, especially considering that it isn't accurate to generalize as training methods vary and few powerlifters train strictly with heavy singles.

 

[ExtraMile]

EM-consider someone who can deadlift 300 lbs for 5 reps and someone who can deadlift 600 lbs for 5 reps. Each lifter is completing a 5RM, however the nervous system of the stronger lifter is taxed more. While neurological adaptation has occured with muscular adaptation in the stronger lifter, it is safe to say that it's going to take more recovery time-a great strain is still being placed on the body. While rate of perceived exertion might be similar in both lifters completing the 5RM, the lifts are in different ballparks. Therefore what I'm getting at is powerlifters are plenty good at completing 3-5 rep maxes, especially considering that it isn't accurate to generalize as training methods vary and few powerlifters train strictly with heavy singles.

thats great but all I was saying is when you stick to low rep sets for a long time (especially on every lift like corey was doing) it can be a shock to suddenly try repping weights out for high(er) reps and due to several factors both physical and psychological sets can be cut short before musclular failure.

Maybe my example wasnt the best.

 

[lweaver]

Now I get what you're saying, very true. Getting to say a 30 rep squat even with a light weight is brutal...

 

[coreygb]

9.19.11

Squat
Warmup
230x5
260x3
290x7 (>305x5?)

Leg Press
480x8 (+ 1 rep from last week)
360x12
360x15 (+ 3 reps from last week)

Leg Curl (+1 rep from last week)
80x12
80x12
80x12

Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
60x20 (Last week's PR)
60x21
60x25
60x25

25 Min Cardio


I kicked some ass today. I had a bit of coffee before heading into the gym. It was my first cup of coffee of my life. I definitely felt a bit more focused, and overall I worked through everything a bit faster. I'm really happy about 290x7 squat. According to a 1RMax calculator, that is a few pounds more work than 305x5. I guess I'll call 290x7 my squat PR.

 

[ExtraMile]

good stuff bro, getting stronger while dieting is awesome.

I dont get your squat sets though, wasnt this your 5/3/1 week? since last squat workout was 3x3...

if so your warmups should have been: 230x5, 260x3, 290x1 or more

not a big deal but just saying

 

[coreygb]

good stuff bro, getting stronger while dieting is awesome.

I dont get your squat sets though, wasnt this your 5/3/1 week? since last squat workout was 3x3...

if so your warmups should have been: 230x5, 260x3, 290x1 or more

not a big deal but just saying

Whoops, yeah you're right. That's what I did. Just wrote it down wrong.

 

[coreygb]

9.25.11

Press
110x5
125x3
135x5

Chins
10
5
5

Dips
15
8
6

BB Curl
80x10
80x7
80x5

25 Min Cardio

 

[coreygb]

9.27.11

Deadlift
275x5
310x3
345x4

Calf Machine
60x25
60x25
60x25
60x25

Hypers
20x10
35x10
35x10

Hanging Leg Raise
3 sets of 10

Solid deadlifting for me. I've never attempted 345. I could have gotten another rep or two, but they would have looked pretty nasty. My form was starting to break down on the 4th rep, so I stopped. This was also my first time doing hypers.

 

[coreygb]

9.29.11

Bench
155x5
175x3
195x8

DB Bench
60x10
60x8
60x8

BB Row
155x12
155x12
155x12

25 Min Cardio

Solid workout. I'm at 187.2 lbs as of this morning. That's down from about 200.

 

[coreygb]

10.4.11

Deload week

Squat
135x5
175x5
205x5

Leg Press
480x8
360x15
360x12

25 Min Cardio

Had to get in and out of the gym because I was behind on some school work that was due the next morning. It was a solid workout though. I'm really feeling the leg presses today.