My breh's come and explain this one for me

[Originalgangsta317]

I started lifting 4 years ago while incarcerated at 6'0 155 pounds,the first year of course is trial and error but I did manage to put on some weight got up to 170 that first year

I got real serious as I was incarcerated as its not much to do in there and fell in love with it,when I was released I weighed 220 pounds and could deadlift 495x1,squat 405x5,bench 325x2,those were the big 3,but my other lifts were strong as well soulder press,curl,etc

But I wasn't lean,I was no fat ass just more so stocky instead of brolic.

So this past January I decided to cut,to get lean,now this was trial and error and long story short I am down to 195,and around April my lifts start going down as I wasn't eating as much and doing cardio

So about 3 weeks ago I started doing lots of reps starting light then heavy sets to keep the strength.

Before I decided to do this my bench had decreased down to me only being able to hit 225 x8,but when I started getting my wind back,my bench jumped up back to 225x14 and being able to hit the 315x1

Im wondering do you get stronger if your more in shape,because of muscle endurance? Or is this just muscle memory kicking in? Because Im almost 3o pounds lighter but close to being as strong as I was at 220.

Give feedback breh's,ask any questions you want as well

 

[semtex]

Prob increased work capacity

 

[Originalgangsta317]

Prob increased work capacity

What do you mean breh?

 

[semtex]

What do you mean breh?

Doing more reps increased your work capacity

 

[Originalgangsta317]

Doing more reps increased your work capacity

Is that what usually happens?

 

[semtex]

Is that what usually happens?

If you take the approach that you took then yeah

 

[Originalgangsta317]

If you take the approach that you took then yeah

Breh gimme some detail break down what I did

 

[The ADD]

One strength is purely based off muscle size. There are other factors including your ability to recruit your CNS to perform the lift.

To @semtex point as you worked but and ended with heavy sets you increased muscle capacity in a longer window. Think about it like this. Sprinter don't train by only running there set distance. They train above that and below it so it all comes together to be optimal at their primary distance.

 

[Originalgangsta317]

One strength is purely based off muscle size. There are other factors including your ability to recruit your CNS to perform the lift.

To @semtex point as you worked but and ended with heavy sets you increased muscle capacity in a longer window. Think about it like this. Sprinter don't train by only running there set distance. They train above that and below it so it all comes together to be optimal at their primary distance.

So is this the best way to lift?

 

[The ADD]

So is this the best way to lift?

There is no one way but if you are restricting calories it makes sense if you can handle it.

You just have to program breaks accordingly if it's a lot of volume.

 

[Originalgangsta317]

There is no one way but if you are restricting calories it makes sense if you can handle it.

You just have to program breaks accordingly if it's a lot of volume.

Yea im tryna get leaner,so I think im going to stick with this until I feel Im lean enough,then start bulking back up slowly tho,to stay lean,but just add muscle

 

[The ADD]

Good work either way

 

[Ohms Law]

Yea im tryna get leaner,so I think im going to stick with this until I feel Im lean enough,then start bulking back up slowly tho,to stay lean,but just add muscle

How did the weight loss affect your squat? I can see weight loss negatively affecting someone's bench press, but your endurance would go way up with squats as you lose weight. Or am i being silly

 

[Originalgangsta317]

How did the weight loss affect your squat? I can see weight loss negatively affecting someone's bench press, but your endurance would go way up with squats as you lose weight. Or am i being silly

All my lifts went down,including squat,but I switched it up and began doing endurance lifting and my lifts starting to go back up