I saw awesome gains doing StrongLifts a few years back. But the workouts got to be too long for me that I wasn't able to make them work in my previously planned workout windows.
So trueBeau Holder said:
It's America, you can be wrong and dumb.
This is where I am. I'm not a good squatter. Going heavy once a week is about all I can take. I just can't recover from it.ttha_aggie_09 said:
I want nothing to do with squatting even 2x a week. My best strength gains have been from squatting 1x a week and I am nuked for 3 days after heavy squats. I get you're tweaking numbers and probably staying in ranges of 85% or less of 1RM, but it that just seems like a lot to recover from.
Maybe I'm just giant va-jay-jay though…
Woof, curious to see how far your lifts drop back. I got sick for like a week and set me back a month to 6 weeks.CC09LawAg said:
Been knocked out sick for a week and counting. Haven't gotten off track like this since I started my groove in September.
I'm thinking I may try to do a full body day where I hit the main lifts just to get the initial soreness out of the way then get back on track. The timing is OK because I was actually coming up on a deload week, so I'm debating just doing that and skipping the last 2 workouts from my prior cycle. That would put me right back on schedule.
Still feel pretty weak though. If it hangs around any longer I'll probably have to reevaluate.
bigtruckguy3500 said:
So less weight, same exercises. What about number of sets?
Also, do you deload, and then jump right back up to where you were? Or build back up to where you were over a another 1-2 weeks?