Has anyone else came from a higher volume of training and had some trouble converting to the lower volume of work. I have been doing sets that ended around 12-15 reps for the last two years and the switch to 6-8 has been difficult. Does anyone have any advice on how to get used to the switch.
Thanks Joe. After listening to your message and thinking about why i am having trouble adapting to the 6-8 rep range I realized that this was my first time actually tracking my lifts. I am having trouble finding that sweet spot between 6-8 that leaves me with 1 rep in reserve. If I looked at the sets as 6-10 instead of 6-8 and still kept tracking my lifts and focused on progressive overload would I get the same results?
Recently incorporated a lot more dead hang chin up / pull up variations to my back & Bicep day “more stimulus” In doing this my biceps just do not seem to recover in time for my next scheduled back & biceps day. I’ve always been a frequency guy but I have a hard time convincing myself I need to do back and biceps if my biceps are still slightly sore. What’s your take on this?
What I’ve started to do is if you can do a weight and hit the max number of reps in a set with the appropriate RIR, then I go up in weight. For example on flat DB bench press 70lbs to 75lbs etc. Of course strength will decrease over the number of sets as well. Hope this helps!
Thanks Joe. After listening to your message and thinking about why i am having trouble adapting to the 6-8 rep range I realized that this was my first time actually tracking my lifts. I am having trouble finding that sweet spot between 6-8 that leaves me with 1 rep in reserve. If I looked at the sets as 6-10 instead of 6-8 and still kept tracking my lifts and focused on progressive overload would I get the same results?
Recently incorporated a lot more dead hang chin up / pull up variations to my back & Bicep day “more stimulus” In doing this my biceps just do not seem to recover in time for my next scheduled back & biceps day. I’ve always been a frequency guy but I have a hard time convincing myself I need to do back and biceps if my biceps are still slightly sore. What’s your take on this?
Thanks that makes sense. I will keep logging and training in the 6-10 rep range so that I can get adjusted and then really know what weight I should be using for my sets to failure for weeks 4 through the end of the program.
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