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Showing posts with label hypertrophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hypertrophy. Show all posts

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Time to Get Smarter About the Lifts

In the next two weeks I'll be wrapping up a program that has had me thinking in different ways.

It has a repeatable pattern, and the drive to push oneself is built into it.  Linear decreases in rest time for sets, challenging rep patterns, hypertrophy building... I'm already noticing a difference in how I'm able to move, and also, how there's little pain in the lower back.

The basics:
  • Front Squats on day 1
  • Single leg strength day 2
  • Deadlifts day 3
  • Bodyweight conditioning day 4
It's not conjugate or Westside barbell, and it isn't CrossFit, it's just different and it's highlighting things I never do.  So for instance on the deadlift days, there's a ring dip series built in.  I never do those and I'm noticing a difference.

Ab work.  Since I've been under the illusion that deadlifting will give me all the ab work I need, I find myself fascinated that ab rollers and hand walkouts could be so tough and challenging.

It's these kinds of ah-hah moments that have me thinking about how I go about programming the next 45 days of training.


After watching this from eliteFTS, I'm inclined to think I better get squatting:

My new favorite log to follow: