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About to hit some arms. Arm sessions have basically been all about pump for a while now. My triceps I have not been able to challenge progressively for years. I hit 300x30 on the curved bar pressdowns years ago. Thats 2 45's loaded onto the stack. I cant get any more weight on the stack reliably. Pressdowns dont really fuck with inner elbows (where my elbow strains are), so I could probably push toward 400 lbs if the machine had the capacity.
I would like to atleast go down to 5 or 10 rep sets, but it would require alot of weight. More than I can load on the machine. So I am always working with certain limitations. Freeweight is not really an option as skull crushers destroy my elbows. Of course I get to lower rep sets after much pre-exhaustion. Thats good but not truly testing the muscle and forcing adaption, I feel. Maybe that is why theyve been stagnant since 2012. It seems I always get bigger ultimately by getting stronger. Not just by pumping blood. Thats a more recent style ive been adapting more do to injuries. Ive been getting stronger as a side effect of gaining muscle but I would like to really push my triceps further with heavier weights. Not every week but sometimes.
I have been doing the 300 lb pressdowns dropsetted down the stack without rest, as usual, but sometimes its only 300x10 because it causes friction on the cables these days. The plates drag on the cable or something is going on thats causing it. It didnt do that in the past. Now it always seems an issue. The friction reps are more joint damaging then anything, as the movements should always be smooth on cable machines, not grinding.
Curling I cannot go super heavy without fucking up my tendons, so that has to be more pump oriented. Ive been doing alot of very strict movements like slow incline db curls, etc.
I dont have any other answer except adding total body mass, as Ive been doing, and maybe they will grow from that. I will try the feeder routines again at some point, maybe even soon, just seeing how this neck strain will heal.
My tripod for the phone camera is fucked. I broke off one of the legs the first day, and now another leg is broken. Its very flimsy. I wont be doing anything too special today anyway. Maybe 300 lbs pressdowns for reps, likely with some friction and dropsetted. Mixed in with curls with no rest too most likely. The arms training has been stagnant due to the tricep limitations though.
KILL THAT SHIT
I would like to atleast go down to 5 or 10 rep sets, but it would require alot of weight. More than I can load on the machine. So I am always working with certain limitations. Freeweight is not really an option as skull crushers destroy my elbows. Of course I get to lower rep sets after much pre-exhaustion. Thats good but not truly testing the muscle and forcing adaption, I feel. Maybe that is why theyve been stagnant since 2012. It seems I always get bigger ultimately by getting stronger. Not just by pumping blood. Thats a more recent style ive been adapting more do to injuries. Ive been getting stronger as a side effect of gaining muscle but I would like to really push my triceps further with heavier weights. Not every week but sometimes.
I have been doing the 300 lb pressdowns dropsetted down the stack without rest, as usual, but sometimes its only 300x10 because it causes friction on the cables these days. The plates drag on the cable or something is going on thats causing it. It didnt do that in the past. Now it always seems an issue. The friction reps are more joint damaging then anything, as the movements should always be smooth on cable machines, not grinding.
Curling I cannot go super heavy without fucking up my tendons, so that has to be more pump oriented. Ive been doing alot of very strict movements like slow incline db curls, etc.
I dont have any other answer except adding total body mass, as Ive been doing, and maybe they will grow from that. I will try the feeder routines again at some point, maybe even soon, just seeing how this neck strain will heal.
My tripod for the phone camera is fucked. I broke off one of the legs the first day, and now another leg is broken. Its very flimsy. I wont be doing anything too special today anyway. Maybe 300 lbs pressdowns for reps, likely with some friction and dropsetted. Mixed in with curls with no rest too most likely. The arms training has been stagnant due to the tricep limitations though.
KILL THAT SHIT
