Partial deads

[SteelWeaver]

Oh. I thought it meant beginner to PL when it said beginner. Oh well - OK, I'll drop them to 8 or 10. Can't do bands/chains - well, not til I get a rack, and figure out what resistance I need on the bands and how to achieve that with the bits of rubber they call bands at the sports store. This is likely to take a few months - ah, well, can't be helped.

spatts - what do you think of the volume for hams on the Dave Tate programme? - I'm reeeallyy feeling like my hams are just never quite recovered - Even with a day or so with, say, 2 sets of 50 reps SLDLs with just the bar - they're still sore when it comes time to do MORE glute ham raises, MORE pull throughs .... It's funny - there's a lot of tri volume too - but those just keep getting stronger - no probs recovering. I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't juse increase the number of days between squat days. Make it a total nine day cycle or something?

Also, no reverse hypers at my gym - are hyperextensions a good enough sub? Those and pull throughs and SLDLs are what I've been doing ...

Any thoughts?

 

[TheProject]

Spatts thinks you should drop the Tate program, and look at the Asylum Numbers thread on the Training Journal board, or the Sample PL thread that I PM'd to you, both of which are just a straight WSB program.

Your volume is too high; you don't need to build up conditioning because you're not a beginner. Shouldn't ever feel overtrained/underrecovered.

Hyperextensions aren't really a good sub for the reverse hyper; you can rig up one with a preacher curl bench, or another tall surface you can lay across. You can do them with just bodyweight, then add bands when you get some.

 

[SteelWeaver]

Thanks Project. I really appreciate all the help you've been giving me. The only reason I decided on the Tate programme was that there were no chains or bands involved, it was all laid out, easy to access, and didn't involve hours and hours trying to download videos. I'm feeling really frustrated now though, which upsets me, since training is usually my main joy and satisfaction in life.

I think I'm going to put WSB on the backburner for a while, at least until I have a power rack (frankly, the programme is impossible without one) and can actually get the videos downloaded (my brother has ISDN, but he's apparently not speaking to the family at the moment ), find all the relevant threads, do all the relevant reading - you know - collate everything. I'm too stressed right now trying to catch up everything at school to be stressed about training. Too many learning curves

It's distressing, because I HATE giving up on anything, but I hate doing a half job even more, so I guess it's OK for now.

About the reverse hypers - I found a surface that I thought would do at my gym, but when I tried it I got this weird pain in my lower back - it was very nasty - so I stopped. I'll figure something out eventually ...

 

[SteelWeaver]

Mmm - now I don't know WHAT to do - my squat just went up 5 kilos since last week ... the heaviest I've ever hit - I almost can't believe I did it. Continue, or change ... THAT is the question.