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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: October 31, 2010, 02:33:34 pm »
I'm using squat + one-leg straight leg deadlifts all the way to the floor (they're great at targeting my glutes) supersetted with leg curls (I won't ever do GHRs again since they destroy my knees) in workout A, and squat + lunges++leg curls (++ = supersetted) in workout B.
And no, never did that. The most I did was 5x5 work sets with heavy weights in the past (like 2 years ago or so). I tend to quickly lose my mental focus and form when I do high reps per set... it's like I can't maintain my mind into doing the exercise.
You're probably right about the low rep stuff. Last winter I did my own 8-7-6-5 with the same weight as work sets.
So basically if I had 100 as my weight, I'd do 100x8, 100x7, 100x6 and 100x5 as my last set. That ensured I can maintain my mental focus during the sets, since I knew I had to do less and less reps as I went by with my sets. It worked pretty good.
When I stalled I took away one of the sets and continue on getting the weight up. So I might go with 8-7-6 or 7-6-5 (top rep set or low rep set eliminated) and go on with that. I wrote about this in the evo blog.
And no, never did that. The most I did was 5x5 work sets with heavy weights in the past (like 2 years ago or so). I tend to quickly lose my mental focus and form when I do high reps per set... it's like I can't maintain my mind into doing the exercise.
You're probably right about the low rep stuff. Last winter I did my own 8-7-6-5 with the same weight as work sets.
So basically if I had 100 as my weight, I'd do 100x8, 100x7, 100x6 and 100x5 as my last set. That ensured I can maintain my mental focus during the sets, since I knew I had to do less and less reps as I went by with my sets. It worked pretty good.
When I stalled I took away one of the sets and continue on getting the weight up. So I might go with 8-7-6 or 7-6-5 (top rep set or low rep set eliminated) and go on with that. I wrote about this in the evo blog.
