tasgymbrah
New member
Hey everyone,
I've been following the westside barbell program for a few months and due to sore knee joints I was unable to squat for about six weeks. One my max effort days for lower body I have been doing a deadlifts (and variants) warming up to a one rep max for one set, then 3 sets of 3 reps @ 90%. This was all going well, and I have been maxxing out at 245kg @ 95kg bodyweight.
I haven't maxxed out on bench for a while due to the fact that I train alone and don't have a spotter. I haven't done upper body yet this week, so am not sure if my performance has been affected on that. I have started squatting again, with a wide stance which was recommended to me due to my long legs putting a strain on my knees from narrow squats, which I think has helped.
This sunday I went to train and struggled to pull 225kg for a one rep max, then finished off doing 185kg x 3 for 3 sets. I was sluggish through the rest of the assistance exercises and even skipped a few exercises and finished early. I've been tired as shit lately, not eating as well as I used to and my appetite is shit.
My mate reckons I've been training heavy for too long. Please any opinions would help thanks.
I've been following the westside barbell program for a few months and due to sore knee joints I was unable to squat for about six weeks. One my max effort days for lower body I have been doing a deadlifts (and variants) warming up to a one rep max for one set, then 3 sets of 3 reps @ 90%. This was all going well, and I have been maxxing out at 245kg @ 95kg bodyweight.
I haven't maxxed out on bench for a while due to the fact that I train alone and don't have a spotter. I haven't done upper body yet this week, so am not sure if my performance has been affected on that. I have started squatting again, with a wide stance which was recommended to me due to my long legs putting a strain on my knees from narrow squats, which I think has helped.
This sunday I went to train and struggled to pull 225kg for a one rep max, then finished off doing 185kg x 3 for 3 sets. I was sluggish through the rest of the assistance exercises and even skipped a few exercises and finished early. I've been tired as shit lately, not eating as well as I used to and my appetite is shit.
My mate reckons I've been training heavy for too long. Please any opinions would help thanks.