plataued bill starr

Muck said:
You could do different exercises at different reps, as long as you're working 80% or above.

Oh, I thought you meant 3x10 was a lot of work, but you meant 10x3. Yah, that's a lot of sets, and I haven't tried that.
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yeah, i mean 10x3:p too many sets imo, spechally since all the sets are suppose to be ramping sets up to the final set that is the real worksett:p
and what about the bench question? any idea?
 
I keep my sets consistent. Like 5 sets of 5 with 225, all of the sets. I warmup before that, but I don't pyramid the weight up. You're weakest during the final set, it shouldn't be the most weight. When I do cycle the weights, I work my way down, not up.

I would look at that recent thread that discussed proper bench form, I believe hand positioning is discussed on there. My forefinger is about an inch wider than the mark on the barbell, but I'm 6'2".
 
10x3 is a very effacious set/rep scheme. If your more concerned with strength and not hypertrophy you could lower the volume, of course you should be able to handle a bigger load. 5x3, 6x3, 8x3.
 
Muck said:
I keep my sets consistent. Like 5 sets of 5 with 225, all of the sets. I warmup before that, but I don't pyramid the weight up. You're weakest during the final set, it shouldn't be the most weight. When I do cycle the weights, I work my way down, not up.

I would look at that recent thread that discussed proper bench form, I believe hand positioning is discussed on there. My forefinger is about an inch wider than the mark on the barbell, but I'm 6'2".
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well ramping the weights is what the program says, so ill do that.
it says 12.5% jumps.. or anything from 10%-15% works. so if my target weight is 100kg. ill do 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 at 5 reps each, then im done with that exersice.
and i cant really find the thread with bench press form.. what is it called? :S
 
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Yah, I know that's what the program says and a lot of people do that. I don't think that makes much sense personally, but anywhoo..

I think the general rule with hand position is to make sure your hands are on a vertical plane from your elbows, or farther than that. I believe if your hands are closer than your elbows, that puts a lot more stress on the elbows. But I'm not sure about that, and I don't recall the name of the thread either.. sorry.
 
well just got back from the gym, 8 reps is my 80% actually, though the deadlift got a little ****ed since my back was pretty tiered before i even got started on that.. got a bench press form that felt comfortable with tucking the elbows more inn than im used to, so that was good:p now my back feels like its been nuked:p
 
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