Training Log: Entry 1501
Ran a 5k for PT, then tried to bench. Just had nothing left. As of this point, I am switching everything to ROM progression. 5/3/1 taught me some valuable lessons, and I will still be stealing ideas for the assistance work from it, but as far as the primary lifts, I think I have a better way. Will deload next week while hammering the assistance work, and then full steam ahead.
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ReplyDeleteDo you really want to base that off of a poor performance after you ran 3 miles? I'm sure you have probably been meaning to try out ROM training for everything already but it seems to me the result would have been the same with either 5/3/1 or ROM progression after running.
It's not so much the fact I wasn't able to press it as it is that I simply had no chance to move the weight at all. I feel as though 5/3/1 has done a good job of helping me inch along on these movements, but rather than 5lbs a month it's more like 5lbs every 8 months. I am sure if I really wanted to I could trim down the volume on the assistance work and really make 5/3/1 work to help my primary lifts, and this seems rash given the situation, but I'm willing to take the chance. If it's a bad move, I really have nothing to lose.
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