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Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift
Nonsense. So let's just take some #'s....if your max on a lift is 315 and let's say you use 250 for "working" sets. So you will start back with 150?
If you have lifted for a while and are in "lifting" shape no reason it shouldn't be 90%, even after 2 months. If you are coming back from a true "injury" (surgery or the likes) then yes you should probably dial it back.
Get the sand out of your ****** 
You are in OH....take a trip to Westside....that will cure you. |
My mistake, I don't know what I was thinking. My warm ups are usually about 60% of my work sets. I usually start my workout cycle at 70-75% of my top work sets. So say my best bench is 250x8, I would usually start out at about 185 for 8-10 reps and add 5-10 pounds each workout for 10-15 weeks or so and try to surpass my last best work set, so my goal would be 255-260x8 using this example. But I haven't even finished a workout cycle in over a year and a half. I don't know what the deal is as I've been doing this type of workout for years, but lately I've just either been getting minor injuries or taking too long between each body part workout and having to start over. Part of the problem may be my work schedule as I work 12 hour night shifts and its hard to work out right after work and also first thing after waking up isn't good either for heavy squats or deadlifts. I really need to find another gym that is open 24 hours, but nothing is close like the Y. IDK, it could just be my age as I just turned 50 too. I try to train each main muscle about once a week, but if I go any longer than that, the strength just isn't there and less than that and I don't recover enough. What I have been doing is legs and tris the first workout, back and shoulders next workout and then chest, bis and abs the last workout of the week. I have experimented with different types of routines in the past as I've been lifting for over 35 years, but nothing else seems to work as good for me being a hard gainer and not taking roids, ect. I probably shouldn't complain as I'm roughly the same size as I was in my late 20's, although my weights on the main lifts are not as high obviously as I rarely try PR's or do reps below 6. I just can't seem to gain much muscle anymore and don't think I'll ever hit my goal of 200 pounds. I came close a couple times, but also started to put too much fat on. BTW, I'm just under 5'8" and weigh 190 now (down from 195).