Movement

[Warrior]

I’ve always been pretty strict with my movements. I’m not one of those guys that rocks back & forth doing pull downs and rows or brings the bar up to eye level at the top of a curl. When I find myself wanting to do these things, I lighten the load a bit and keep it strict. Been doing it this way for years.

So I’ve recently been watching some of the pro’s workout videos. They seem like they turn a lot of exercises into compound movements.

I’ve given some thought to doing this since it seems to be working pretty good for them. But I’m 43 and been doing well the last several years not getting injured. I’ve been really consistent at going to the gym and don’t wanna chance getting hurt. Tendinitis is a bitch that I hope to never deal with again.

I can see an advantage in these type of movements since there’s more muscle recruitment. I’m kinda stuck in my ways though and not sure if I should even fuck with it.

Let’s have some opinions….

 

[GMaN1911]

I’ve always been pretty strict with my movements. I’m not one of those guys that rocks back & forth doing pull downs and rows or brings the bar up to eye level at the top of a curl. When I find myself wanting to do these things, I lighten the load a bit and keep it strict. Been doing it this way for years.

So I’ve recently been watching some of the pro’s workout videos. They seem like they turn a lot of exercises into compound movements.

I’ve given some thought to doing this since it seems to be working pretty good for them. But I’m 43 and been doing well the last several years not getting injured. I’ve been really consistent at going to the gym and don’t wanna chance getting hurt. Tendinitis is a bitch that I hope to never deal with again.

I can see an advantage in these type of movements since there’s more muscle recruitment. I’m kinda stuck in my ways though and not sure if I should even fuck with it.

Let’s have some opinions….

I would stick with what you are doing and just do double progression. I like Mike israetel's training methodology. Keep a log book of every workout and slowly add reps, weight and sets over a meso cycle getting closer to 0 RIR (reps in reserve), deload and repeat. There is also a new interesting study on volume where they trained I think up to 42 sets a week on one body part and saw favorable results over the others in the study. There is a video about it on Renaissance Periodization on YouTube.

 

[Warrior]

I would stick with what you are doing and just do double progression. I like Mike israetel's training methodology. Keep a log book of every workout and slowly add reps, weight and sets over a meso cycle getting closer to 0 RIR (reps in reserve), deload and repeat. There is also a new interesting study on volume where they trained I think up to 42 sets a week on one body part and saw favorable results over the others in the study. There is a video about it on Renaissance Periodization on YouTube.

Thank you sir! I’ve been on my current training scheme for about two months now and I’m starting to plateau. Looking for something I haven’t done before to switch to and you hit the nail on the head

 

[GMaN1911]

Thank you sir! I’ve been on my current training scheme for about two months now and I’m starting to plateau. Looking for something I haven’t done before to switch to and you hit the nail on the head

Glad I could help. Let me know how it goes!

 

[GMaN1911]

Thank you sir! I’ve been on my current training scheme for about two months now and I’m starting to plateau. Looking for something I haven’t done before to switch to and you hit the nail on the head

We're you able to find his videos on YouTube? He has a whole college course lecture series on advanced hypertrophy, it's a long but very well worth watch.