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Originally posted by RockHard:
Also, did you do any kind of dynamic stretching beforehand? Not only have you not been lifting in the past few days, but by attempting max lifts, you're not doing as many build-up reps before you lift heavy. I know static stretching or cardio can be seen as counter-productive to power-lifting type stuff, but your muscles need SOME kind of heads-up before you go from 5 reps, 3 reps, 1 rep... WHAP!!! I dunno, maybe Gq or Danny would disagree. Just seems like that to me.
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I do static stretching for my hips and dynamic stretching for both my hips and legs. Theres no sense in preserving some strength if I cant even perform the movement throughout the full ROM.
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You're right about those projected 1RM things. I only count my 1RM as the heaviest weight I've actually ever lifted. My brother's HS football team was full of that (I know, to protetc students from injury), but it drove me nuts: "So-and-so the linebacker can squat 500" "Really? Damn, must've been cool to see him with 10 plates on there!" "Well, he actually lifted 385 for 8 reps" Or some such thing. I never liked that kinda thing.
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I usually hear this from football players all the time. I usually take it with a grain of salt. *shrug*
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