How strong?
What is your squat, bench, deadlift?
Strong enough to do a lot of physically demanding work for as long as i wanted that wasn't weight lifting related... like shearing, furniture moves, rowing so fucking hard i could turn our boat around, and i could also run faster and further
It was more aimed at group sports
And big Mick, you keep lifting your heavy weights, because that is what you have to do, according to you.
I got up to 172.5kg (touch and go) in bench press, 155kg clean power clean, and I always did mostly moderate weights and higher reps. Perhaps I did not know how to train.
Strong enough to do a lot of physically demanding work for as long as i wanted that wasn't weight lifting related... like shearing, furniture moves, rowing so fucking hard i could turn our boat around, and i could also run faster and further
It was more aimed at group sports
some of things I have seen done by surf rowers over the years has astounded me.
Just rowing your ass off in a swell flat out is going to build great strength, as I have observed of rowers doing chins and other movements.
It is what I say consistently, there are plenty of ways to get strong and powerful.
Some great replies in this thread, is Prilepin's chart enough volume though?
Its plenty man, but my programs have more.
If my 1rm on bench was 100kg, would 24 total reps of 55kg-65kg for a workout really be optimal? What sort of frequency is that assuming per week? I would think a trainee benching 100kg could do it easily in 2 sets.
I would say not, and if you look at the sheiko templates, you would probably do a set of 6 at 60, few sets of 3 at 72.5, then a few sets of 2 at say 85 for example.
Or are you supposed to use the entire table, and do every row? (Again, what frequency though?). Feel like I'm missing something but I've seen it before.
No, do not do every rep/set in every row in 1 session...... though it would be a solid workout lol.
ok, but you cant mock reality.
There are guys that just do light stuff, supposedly not strength related, that are freaks of nature. They will blow virtually all forum members away with their power and strength. Just look them up.
If a guy does explosive pushups, even clapping between reps, how is this any less effective than doing bench presses.
Of course, after a while, he should ort could be doing more reps, which would lead to the conclusion that heavier bench presses then become more suitable, or another exercise, but he still would have built up his strength from a low base.
If the resistance works the muscle fibre 100%, which can be done by speed of movement as well as load, then strength will be built. I can point to triple jumpers who built huge quads just from explosive bounding.
The muscle does not distinguish between a barbell or bodyweight. It responds to the intensity of the stimulus.
What programs do the likes of Jay and Phil do?
Strength is how much weight you can lift once for a given exercise, that is the maximum load you can move/bench/squat/press, dead lift what ever. None of the activities mentioned in the quotes above (apart from moving furniture may be), give any indication of strength, if you can shear one sheep you are strong enough to shear sheep, thats that, you don't have to be any stronger to shear 1000 sheep, you just got to have muscular and mental endurance to do so, no additional strength required as you already demonstrated you are strong enough when you sheared the first one.
I just want to know what your experience with rep ranges with respect to strength training, long term. As I am a bit stuck with my training.
Most popular beginner programs advocate a 5 reps to build a foundation of strength. This works well as long as there is linear gains to be made. Well, what happens beyond this?
What I have found is that while I can continue to make gains on a 5 rep range, trying to do the equivalent on a higher rep range (8 or more) has me seriously lacking even with a lighter weight. This is more obvious with pushing exercises.
For example, my bench is 95kg 5 reps. I can push 3 reps out at 100kg. But what good is that if I can barely get 8 reps out at 90kg? So - what really should I be doing, keep grinding away at 8 reps or drop the weight down and start doing 8 reppers?
In short, I don't feel particularly strong when I am failing at 8 reps at a lower weight than my 5 rep weight. Even with sufficient rest periods between sets. So what can I do from now to try and build my strength/stamina up?
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