Overall the load in the straight set would be marginally higher as you are lifting heavier weights. Do I think this is enough to really make a difference? No I dont.
I agree with this. To build upon it, I think building strength through your hypertrophy training is also important. Don't walk in and do a 3x10 db curl at 70lbs every time. work those numbers up.
Totally agree with everything you said.
This. I feel like if I did 5 sets of 10 reps a piece I just wasted a lift. If I'm hitting 10 I'm 100% going up the next set. I feel I gain strength way faster then hitting lifts day after day at the same weight.
From reading a lot on this forum and online, people overthink things wayyy too much. Reddit is the worse, sweet jesus
I see people all the time writing stuff down, looking at their stop watch every 5 seconds to see when there "allowed" to do the next set. GTFO
Yeah I definitely blame reddit for this. There are a few younger guys in my gym that come in and do 3 sets of 5 on squats bench and rows, then leave the gym. The weights they're using, they could/should definitely be doing 10 sets of 5.
I couldn't agree more.. I've been using a variable split system for 20+ years and I love it. I really don't have many injuries either. I had a minor tear in my rotator cuff but that was from playing football with my son....
I guess it all just depends on what your goals are. If you're just "exercising".... then ok.... But I mean, I'm guilty of going too far on the other side, straining so hard on working sets that I risk over training regularly. it's always been a fault of mine.
Yeah and I guarantee you have a lot more gains than most people for it
Definitely better to be that side of the equation imo
Are you really trying to say that keeping a log is a bad idea? Lol
I guess these are the results keeping a log gets me as a 32 year old natural. Clearly I’m focusing on my penmanship way too much and not hitting the weights hard enough
Oh definitely, I have been happy with my progress, I just know I probably could eliminate 6-8 weeks a year of spinning my wheels through fatigue with better deload planning.
agreed
I highly doubt anyone is saying that. I've kept a log every day, every workout, for over 6 years. But it's pretty damn easy for me to remember what I did at the gym when I get home to log it.
Nope, I didn't say that at all.
Do you really need to keep a log every single day? Like I'm sure u have been doing this for a while, you can't just pick up where you left off? Maybe people just have trash memories idk.
Yes I'm sorry if none of my comments have swayed that way. But that's exactly what I mean. People just obsess way to much on things that don't matter that much.
What's wrong with that? You do realize there are really good training techniques that are out there which a person does need time time their rest, right? In addition, lets say I get 3 sets of 8 with a given weight this week with 90 second rest periods and then the following week, I use the same weight, get the same reps on the same number of sets, but rest shorter between sets; it's not all about weight.
How do you know they should be doing 10 sets of 5, maybe they are following a routine that calls for that. I also have friends that powerlift that will come in the gym and just do two main exercises and leave. There is nothing wrong with that. In addition, maybe those kids only had a set time for their workout that day and needed to get in and out. Better than missing the day. Sounds like you are focusing on others too much instead of your own routine if you can tell us what others are doing.
I can't speak for BlockBuilder but i keep a log to see progression. I wouldn't say I have a bad memory. More like I have more important things to remember than what I did in the gym a week ago.
What difference does it make? He is obviously in contest prep in those photos. To get that lean, no matter what one weighs is a feat. Not to mention, if he is 145 in those photos, he isn't a skinny 145. He is a lean 145 with muscle. I can tell from your posts you would find anything to nit pick. If he was on gear and a lean 220, you'd probably call him out for that, if he had a lean powerlifting physique, you'd probably tell him he needs to cut. You won't admit to it, but one can tell by your posts you'd look for something to bring him down.
Insecure how? He was trying to prove a point that was brought up by frank. The point being that people who write stuff down focus more on that then lifting and thus their training suffers. He was proving him wrong. But like most posts, it went over your head, as usual.
I had a hard time reading your quote because it's right at his pube level.
I lift at a gold's and there's dozens who compete and even ifbb pros and not one of them keeps a notebook and pen on them. You do you I don't care what it is, I just don't see why logging is needed to see progress?
I’m guessing a few of those without a paper and pen are simply using an app on the phone.
I know that because I see them train every day, I see how hard they train and I've coached and competed in powerlifting for more than 5 years now.
Couldn't have said it better myself
How can you tell how hard one trains? You cannot feel their muscles under whatever load they are using. If you're just going off sweat or hoe red they turn, that can happen to people from the first couple of reps. And if that is what you notice, I stand by the point you're focusing on them too much.
That’s a good point. Some people just end their sets before they show outward signs of struggling, like noises, color, or even slowing or degradation of form; it doesn’t mean they aren’t working hard and lifting properly. Conversely, someone can turn beet read and shout on the first rep of every set haha. Maybe he knows something we don’t, like people taking 10 minute rests to text and hit on people between clearly-not-powerlifting sets?
It's pretty easy to tell how hard people are working. There is a such thing as perceived exertion and different people may look different through their sessions but if a guy knocks out his 3x5 squat day at the speed of light without so much as breaking a sweat, taking a breath, or needing to warm up then you can pretty easily tell who's working harder when you look at the guy next to him pulling against the rack to cinch down his belt, sinks heavily into position to rack the bar, then grinds through his sets and wobbles out of the gym after.
