chrisp
New member
I've been lifting for 1 rep max for well over 2 years now, and early this year started firstly to have little niggling injuries and a lack of enthusiasum.
Now when i say lack of enthusiasum im naturally a bubbly jump up and down , loud , cant keep my mouth shut kinda guy and lifter.
And as for the injuries , mostly slight strains, sore tendons and had a hernia scare.
6 weeks ago i decided to stop,,, my workout looked like this for the past 6 weeks,
2x 20 rep squats,
2x 20 rep deadlift
100 pullups , usaully in 4 sets
2x 50 press up
2x 10 turkish get up
2x 20 rep bicep curl to overhead press with dumbells
Monday, i went back to my previous routine, of strength building, i was sort of expecting to FEEL weak, or maybe worried i'd lost strength,
COMPLETE opposite , i felt fresh, stronger and faster, it was like i was cheating on my wife with a hotter younger blonde, it was all exciting again and whats even more interesting i squatted 180kg, THATS 7.5kg heavier than 6 weeks ago, after 6 weeks of not doing heavy squats????
AND,,,, i've just benched 120kg this morning , 5kg onto my PB.
Is a rest period good???
Was it just a routine change??
Was it something in the 6 week lower weight routine that helped?
Or was it just placebo, my enthusiasm had increased, it was more mentally exciting/challenging ?
Thoughts please gentlemen.
chris
Now when i say lack of enthusiasum im naturally a bubbly jump up and down , loud , cant keep my mouth shut kinda guy and lifter.
And as for the injuries , mostly slight strains, sore tendons and had a hernia scare.
6 weeks ago i decided to stop,,, my workout looked like this for the past 6 weeks,
2x 20 rep squats,
2x 20 rep deadlift
100 pullups , usaully in 4 sets
2x 50 press up
2x 10 turkish get up
2x 20 rep bicep curl to overhead press with dumbells
Monday, i went back to my previous routine, of strength building, i was sort of expecting to FEEL weak, or maybe worried i'd lost strength,
COMPLETE opposite , i felt fresh, stronger and faster, it was like i was cheating on my wife with a hotter younger blonde, it was all exciting again and whats even more interesting i squatted 180kg, THATS 7.5kg heavier than 6 weeks ago, after 6 weeks of not doing heavy squats????
AND,,,, i've just benched 120kg this morning , 5kg onto my PB.
Is a rest period good???
Was it just a routine change??
Was it something in the 6 week lower weight routine that helped?
Or was it just placebo, my enthusiasm had increased, it was more mentally exciting/challenging ?
Thoughts please gentlemen.
chris