Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

[Son Goku]

asking because I don’t feel shyt when I just go straight to the heavy weight. I need like 8 sets where I’m steadily increasing the weight, before I get to my working set

That means your body is getting stronger bruh
Either increase weight or increase reps

Yeah, if you need to warm-up that much then you're prolly not working-working on some of your sets. Up the weight of that first heavier set after your muscles/tendons/ligaments are warmed up and you'll feel a difference.

 

[The ADD]

asking because I don’t feel shyt when I just go straight to the heavy weight. I need like 8 sets where I’m steadily increasing the weight, before I get to my working set

Depends on how you define “feel”. Pump? In the groove and ready for working sets?

 

[African_brehda]

Assuming straight sets: I do my warm up sets then my working sets. Let's say it's 250 for a 5x3.
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
-----------------
250 x 5 x 3

^Nothing above the line counts as work, just warm-up work. (Still included in tonnage calculations.) Only the working sets and down sets are counted. So if a workout of mine has 40 sets in it, that's me only counting my actual working sets.

I’ll try this format. From your example, what I usually do is I’ll hit that 185 for 3 sets of 8 and the 225 for 2 sets of 8 before the working sets.

 

[African_brehda]

Depends on how you define “feel”. Pump? In the groove and ready for working sets?

pump

 

[The ADD]

pump

Well you probably won’t on heavy rep ranges. You aren’t moving enough reps at a tempo to do so unless it’s a lot of volume/number of sets.

 

[African_brehda]

Well you probably won’t on heavy rep ranges. You aren’t moving enough reps at a tempo to do so unless it’s a lot of volume/number of sets.

isnt the pump and the DOMS after necessary for growth?

 

[The ADD]

isnt the pump and the DOMS after necessary for growth?

Simple answer no

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Thinking about sandwiching squats and deads around every workout
Start with squats ends with deads

 

[The ADD]

Thinking about sandwiching squats and deads around every workout
Start with squats ends with deads

RIP

 

[I AM WE ARE]

RIP

I already start everyday with squats
I wouldn't dare go heavy on deads 315 is highest I'll go

 

[The ADD]

I already start everyday with squats
I wouldn't dare go heavy on deads 315 is highest I'll go

Trap Bar?

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Trap Bar?

Yessir

 

[Son Goku]

Yessir

 

[Son Goku]

Thinking about sandwiching squats and deads around every workout
Start with squats ends with deads

 

[I AM WE ARE]

why you hate the trap bar lil gym bro