TM - Volume
Squat (unbelted):
Warmup - 45x5; 95x5; 135x4; 185x3; 235x2
280x5; 280x5; 280x5; 280x5; 280x5
Oh, no wonder these felt a touch harder... was supposed to do 275. Oh well.
Bench Press:
Warmup - 45x5; 65x5; 90x4; 115x3
142x5; 142x5; 142x5; 142x5; 142x5
Briefly paused reps.
Bent-over Rows:
Warmup - 45x5; 75x5; 105x4; 135x3
165x8; 165x8; 165x8
No comment.
Ab Roller (from knees):
10; 10; 10
Excuse me while I curl up in a corner and sleep.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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so I was yapping at you about hitting DL's for volume instead of only doing them for intensity. But I looked it up and you're pretty much following the template by the book, so I stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteI do still think that DLing for volume has value, what does everyone else think?
-- If I'm not mistaken (will check again later today), the texas methods comes in a few standard templates, though technically it's more flexible than that. Whatever the template is, there is only one work set of deadlifts (in a week).
ReplyDelete-- Discussing the pros and cons of more volume in deadlifts can take just about forever, and it won't be very meaningful, since I'm not an expert. But here is my personal experience (which may not be relevant to other lifters). Unlike what I used to think in the long forgotten past, I actually make good progress with very high volume. For instance, the last 4-week block consisted of ~700 reps, counting only working sets of SQ / BP / DL variants.
-- In light of the previous item, I have to apologize for telling Nate last year that sheiko sucks (not in these words). I used to swear by intensity, and now it's by volume, with intensity added in a smart way.