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The past few weeks I hit a new PR everytime I worked out, for 3 workouts in a row. Then last week I tried to hit another, and I actually got less reps than the previous workout. I should have backed off, been satisfied with the new PR, and taken a week or two off from the extreme intensity, and just did some heavy weight, lower volume, 3-4 reps shy of failure work, to allow the muscles to recouperate and recover while staying used to handling the heavy load. Moving forward, I'll do more of this. I have also noticed that active recovery, even every single day, helps alot with preventing overtraining as well. When I do a few light weight sets everyday between workouts, I notice I recover faster and deal with less injuries and soreness as I progress up in weight and reps overtime.
Just some thoughts.
Just some thoughts.