Now I’ve progressed onto what I consider the “big boy” territory of weight in the gym. I focus on squats, deadlift, and bench press.
I’ve changed my regime a little due to some impatience. Before I’d cycle a set weight for 5 weeks, with every week increasing the rep count then finally after 5 weeks returning to low reps and increasing the weight number.
However, I’ve noticed my physique changes have slowed down so I’ve opted to attempt mostly strength range workouts to bring my strength up first. After which, I’ll return to high volume workouts with more effective weight numbers.
I’ve noticed definitely my strength has improved but doing strength workouts is far more taxing to recover from compared to low weight high volume. With strength I feel tight when I awake in the mornings, with high volume I feel sore but agile. Though I do enjoy strength workouts far more as the fear when reaching your maximal fatigue limit while pushing as much weight as possible is exhilarating and an ernest failure for me to seek.
Start of my deadlift was 40kg max, and squat my PR was 65kg for 1 rep last week. Now I do 60kg squat, 60kg deadlift, but bench press I’ve kept it at 50kg(up from 40kg). I hit chest far more in my workouts than other body parts, but there’s some odd weakness on my left side I’ve yet to identify. So until then, I’m playing it safe this week with 50kg.