Testing Your Max Too Often

[Shortname_4206982]

Great video... Good for me to see as I'm about to start doing accessory and hypertrophy work soon.

 

[franchise24]

Have this guy at my gym. 28 years old. Can squat 545 in belt and sleeves weighs about 210-215.

He decided over a year ago to squat everyday. And has been doing so for over 400 days. Now this dude works up to at least 95%-100%+ every session. Then will pull over 90% as well or try to hit a 1 rep max on bench. Every day he is trying to hit a PR. I try talking to him about the negatives affects this can have on him. But this fucker recovers like wolverine. I don't know if he's on anything. But seems caught in between bodybuilding and powerlifting. He said he's going to his first meet in June.

I really said all that to get this back up to the top and hopefully @Perrin Aybara @RodgerThat can speak with @Millard Baker about getting a few more informative threads stickied.

 

[Docd187123]

Have this guy at my gym. 28 years old. Can squat 545 in belt and sleeves weighs about 210-215.

He decided over a year ago to squat everyday. And has been doing so for over 400 days. Now this dude works up to at least 95%-100%+ every session. Then will pull over 90% as well or try to hit a 1 rep max on bench. Every day he is trying to hit a PR. I try talking to him about the negatives affects this can have on him. But this fucker recovers like wolverine. I don't know if he's on anything. But seems caught in between bodybuilding and powerlifting. He said he's going to his first meet in June.

I really said all that to get this back up to the top and hopefully @Perrin Aybara @RodgerThat can speak with @Millard Baker about getting a few more informative threads stickied.

It's possible to do maximal or near maximal work everyday or multiple times per week provided the daily volume is kept low. Similar to how the Bulgarian method purportedly works. Not saying it's better, it's just one way

 

[RodgerThat]

Have this guy at my gym. 28 years old. Can squat 545 in belt and sleeves weighs about 210-215.

He decided over a year ago to squat everyday. And has been doing so for over 400 days. Now this dude works up to at least 95%-100%+ every session. Then will pull over 90% as well or try to hit a 1 rep max on bench. Every day he is trying to hit a PR. I try talking to him about the negatives affects this can have on him. But this fucker recovers like wolverine. I don't know if he's on anything. But seems caught in between bodybuilding and powerlifting. He said he's going to his first meet in June.

I really said all that to get this back up to the top and hopefully @Perrin Aybara @RodgerThat can speak with @Millard Baker about getting a few more informative threads stickied.

The squat everyday program is a good one that works and requires serious mental toughness, to be hitting PRs 400 days in is crazy I did it for 68days. The body does adapt to the stressor but I'll tell ya this if he took a week off to reload he'd get a PR he wasn't expecting.

 

[franchise24]

The squat everyday program is a good one that works and requires serious mental toughness, to be hitting PRs 400 days in is crazy I did it for 68days. The body does adapt to the stressor but I'll tell ya this if he took a week off to reload he'd get a PR he wasn't expecting.

So if and when he stops squatting everyday. Will it be difficult to to develop more strength, being that he had taken an extreme measure of training? How would he elicit new strength gains on a routine not calling for squats everyday near maximal effort?

 

[RodgerThat]

So if and when he stops squatting everyday. Will it be difficult to to develop more strength, being that he had taken an extreme measure of training? How would he elicit new strength gains on a routine not calling for squats everyday near maximal effort?

By incorporating a more fatigue built up program, higher volume daily but still the same intensity and then allowing his body to recover a couple days. He's linear based basically right now so it would transfer into a more periodization style once he's fizzled out from the SED program

 

[franchise24]

By incorporating a more fatigue built up program, higher volume daily but still the same intensity and then allowing his body to recover a couple days. He's linear based basically right now so it would transfer into a more periodization style once he's fizzled out from the SED program

Got it.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Ego Is the Enemy

 

[Johnny442]

Ego Is the Enemy

Good shit man!

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Good shit man!

Saw it on Facebook earlier and thought it was worth posting here.

 

[Johnny442]

Saw it on Facebook earlier and thought it was worth posting here.

The few times I've lifted in evenings on international chest day, I see this shit way too much. Young bucks working their way up to a max and pyramiding back down. Go in 2 weeks later same thing. Drives me fucking crazy. Nobody wants to listen to the old guy telling them to do heavy working sets in the 3-5 rep range.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

The few times I've lifted in evenings on international chest day, I see this shit way too much. Young bucks working their way up to a max and pyramiding back down. Go in 2 weeks later same thing. Drives me fucking crazy. Nobody wants to listen to the old guy telling them to do heavy working sets in the 3-5 rep range.

Same thing at my gym. Work up to a very shaky ass off the bench 225x1 followed by repping out 135lbs to failure and repeat week after week. Try to tell them any different and they look at you like you're stupid. I'm a people watcher and very people ever make any progress whatsoever. Crazy with the availability of information these days.

 

[tenpoundsleft]

Ego Is the Enemy

"As week four approached, he let me know he didn’t need a deload. I also informed him he no longer needed my assistance."

LOL

 

[Johnny442]

Same thing at my gym. Work up to a very shaky ass off the bench 225x1 followed by repping out 135lbs to failure and repeat week after week. Try to tell them any different and they look at you like you're stupid. I'm a people watcher and very people ever make any progress whatsoever. Crazy with the availability of information these days.

I don't even try to help anymore. It's one of the reasons I train before work!

 

[theprodgicalson]

Ive gotten the opportunity to speak with Casey a few times. Seriously a solid dude all around. Clearly intelligent in his training. Held the 242 WR total for a while.