I'm starting Stage 5 on Thursday and looking at it, the reps are really low (4). I'm thinking that these means I should really increase the weights I'm using if I'm going to lift to failure. What did everyone else do with this stage? Did anyone significantly increase weights? I think it might be a great opportunity to increase strenght before getting into Stage 6.
I set PRs on almost all of my exercises in A1, and close to it in B1.
A2 & B2 were done with an even better ROM to reinforce the heavier weights from the #1 workouts. I'm planing on increasing weight for A3 & B3.
so to answer your question on increasing weight... yes.
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I set PRs on almost all of my exercises in A1, and close to it in B1.
A2 & B2 were done with an even better ROM to reinforce the heavier weights from the #1 workouts. I'm planing on increasing weight for A3 & B3.
so to answer your question on increasing weight... yes.
I have to ask...what is PR? I keep seeing it mentioned and have been trying to figure it out...
Oh, I'm not fooled by the 4 reps. I was just trying to plan out my strategy for completing it. I'll do my first workout tonight. I expect to be exhausted by the end of it.
I like the low-rep work the most. I think you'll love it! It's a different kind of effort than the nausea-producing metabolic and high-rep work. It's empowering to feel so strong.
It's good stuff, those 4 reps. I was able to bench press (incline) 60 lbs (30e, for Jane ) yesterday. And I used a 35lb db for the snatches...loved it.
I like the low-rep work the most. I think you'll love it! It's a different kind of effort than the nausea-producing metabolic and high-rep work. It's empowering to feel so strong.
I did my first two Stage 5 work outs this week. I took off a few days because I wasn't feeling well, so I didn't lift as heavy as I would have liked. I'll step it up next week.
Does anyone else feel like 2 mins of rest feels like such a long time?
Yep. I rarely stuck to it. I turned the alternating sets into supersets (and know many others did as well) and took about 60-90 seconds between sets, depending on what they were. The exception was the overhead squat/DB press set. I had to take at least a minute break between each exercise to give my arms a rest, so it was rarely ever a superset.
I did consider that I wasn't allowing myself to make as much progression in weight as I could have been with the shorter rest periods, but I was willing to make that compromise. Others may not be.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
Does anyone else feel like 2 mins of rest feels like such a long time?
All I know that a 30-sec break (stage 7) after a 2-min break feels like nothing!..
I work out at home and have to adjust weight plates on dumbbells and/or barbell between sets, so 2 min rest comes in handy, especially for heavy lifts...
Starting Stage 5
This stage adds a nice variety but don't let this 4-rep thing fool you - IT'S HARD!!!
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