As far as hypertrophy goes, do you / should you track every rep of every set?
IF you are training close to failure within the 3-30 (or say 6-15 to narrow it down a bit) rep range and IF everything else is in order (sleep/nutrition/recovery in general), shouldn't you naturally be progressing in weight/reps if you keep the same RPE (4-0 RIR on every set)? Can't you even switch up the weight from week to week, as long as in, say 5 weeks, the weight you used 5 weeks ago for 10 reps, you now can do for 15 reps with the same RPE?
Ofcourse, this means tracking something... sometimes... like only the sets of your main compound movement for the workout, to actually know whether or not you're progressing.
Reason I'm asking is that I feel that when I'm tracking everything, my head is more into the tracking than the actual lifting.
|
|
Results 1 to 4 of 4
Thread: Tracking sets and reps?
-
Today, 04:30 AM #1Registered User
- Join Date: Mar 2021
- Age: 51
- Posts: 1
- Rep Power: 0
Tracking sets and reps?
-
Today, 04:34 AM #2Registered User
- Join Date: Sep 2018
- Posts: 2,778
- Rep Power: 19768
You are thinking too deep into this. Just read the sticky up there ^^^ for the Fierce 5 and All Pro program. They both have good methods of progression.
-
Today, 05:21 AM #3Registered User
- Join Date: Jun 2016
- Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Age: 28
- Posts: 10,814
- Rep Power: 50265
You can for sure.
The issue with incomplete tracking is that when things stop working you don't have the clean data to review and help make a plan for the next block.
Overall I'd say its less important for hypertrophy than specific strength goals though5 day full body crew
FMH Crew, Sandbagging Mike Tuscherer Wannabee
-
Today, 05:29 AM #4Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2016
- Age: 32
- Posts: 529
- Rep Power: 4066
They should put a sticky to read the sticky.Originally Posted by paulinkansas
Also a bot that automatically writes "Fierce 5" everytime someone opens a thread.
Maybe that meme with "say it again Dexter""Reminds me of the good ol' days back in 03-04 when ripptoes/5 by 5/hit/doggcrap reigned supreme and you did not need direct arm work for big biceps. Rows and chins were it. "Ever see a guy rowing 300+lbs with chicken arms?". Ah yes those were the days. God bless amusclehead and his twisted one dimensional views along with the rest of the former flock."
Bookmarks