Thanks Sid! That would save me the return postage. Then I'll probably only have to eat the sending shipping charges. Still, it's going to be tempting to open the box and see what a 13mm-thick belt looks like.
Yah, I thought about that. Mine could be "725/80," or maybe 7/10/80, too if I were to always try to get in either the Loaded Carries, Russian Twists, or Hyperextensions as my assistance lift at the end. I don't know if I could commit to doing Loaded carries every time. Just not that much fun in my cramped garage.Heh that's a mouthful. Mine is technically 7 lifts. I am dedicated to the farmers. I still need to pull 180 I might try at the end of November and again when I am back in the states in December. Hopefully I can get it by then.
I think working in the 90% range volumes should be low 3 reps maybe? So 85% = 10 reps or 3x 3?
Yah, that might work. I've got 90% pegged as my doubles, as in 5x2, but I've only tried that many sets of doubles for the bench. 85% works pretty well for 3x3 based on what I already know I can do for the bench, squat, and deadlift. In general I've been impressed by the degree of correspondence between the percentages and what I found to be my singles, triples, and quintuples during the last cycle while working out my 1/3/5 plan. The matches are pretty close--given 1RMs in the bench, squat, and deadlift of 250, 275, and 360, respectively--and will take some of the guess work or trail-and-error out of increasing increments in the future. It's also nice to know that, theoretically, based on my five-rep weights (80%), my OH Press 1RM is only about 20 pounds off of where it should be, relative to the B Press, or that I should be able to start doing BW pullups if I can get my weight down to 210 again. I wonder if 95% would be a good percentage for training singles?
Yah, yesterday I didn't warm-up with the cable rows, but I'm still going to try to maintain a 2:1 ratio of upperbody pull to upperbody press. Maybe do the pulldowns 2x5 for both neutral and supine grip, and do two kind of rows, the initial cable row warm-up, and then one of the row variations in the middle of the workout. That would bring me up to 40 reps for the pulls, and 20 reps for the presses in any given workout. I'm also thinking of subbing 2-DB B Press or Dips for the BB B Press once or twice a week, to make sure I don't provoke my shoulder issues by overBench-Pressing, and to work on my ROM. Still, the simplicity of just doing the same damn six or seven exercises each and every time is pretty appealing.Yeah I like the full body thing too i also am glad you got me doing more upper lifts and back work in particular I lime having some flexibility there too. THe bench and press are plenty for my chest shoulders and triceps I am seeing some good development there. We should organize this program some once we have more data from the 80% trial.
That's an interesting idea about organizing this into a program. Time will tell how long I stick with it, but it's feeling like a pretty good basis for just about any goal.