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I watched the Jordan Peters video. He's an intense dude with a wealth of knowledge. There is ONE thing I simply cannot wrap my head around and agree with...and unfortunately it is the foundation of his training. He is dead set on adding overload EVERY TIME he trains an exercise. He even mentions carrying around 1 lb plates to ensure there is a novel stimulus. So EVERY TIME he does an incline smith for example he is using more weight (or sometimes more reps) than the previous time. This sounds totally logical but not practical.
Here is where I simply don't see that logic playing out for most people including myself. I've never seen linear progress where you progress EVERY workout. Sometimes I come into the gym feeling like a champ and I crush it. Other times, for whatever reason my body doesn't feel right and the weight feels heavier. It could be some nutritional issue, achy shoulder... or perhaps I didn't sleep as well.
One time I was doing the DC rest pause workout and I was just in a zone. I was doing close grip BP on the smith and I crushed my previous week by 4 reps. I think I hit the same weight for 10+4+2 the week prior and this time I got 13+5+2. That is a significant jump in one week. Unfortunately, I never came close to matching those numbers again. The following week I was at 11+4+2 and I stayed there for several weeks. I eventually got up to 12+4+2 but that was 2 reps lower than I had done a month earlier.
And I think most people respond like this. "Some days you feel like a nut, some days you don't."
Here is where I simply don't see that logic playing out for most people including myself. I've never seen linear progress where you progress EVERY workout. Sometimes I come into the gym feeling like a champ and I crush it. Other times, for whatever reason my body doesn't feel right and the weight feels heavier. It could be some nutritional issue, achy shoulder... or perhaps I didn't sleep as well.
One time I was doing the DC rest pause workout and I was just in a zone. I was doing close grip BP on the smith and I crushed my previous week by 4 reps. I think I hit the same weight for 10+4+2 the week prior and this time I got 13+5+2. That is a significant jump in one week. Unfortunately, I never came close to matching those numbers again. The following week I was at 11+4+2 and I stayed there for several weeks. I eventually got up to 12+4+2 but that was 2 reps lower than I had done a month earlier.
And I think most people respond like this. "Some days you feel like a nut, some days you don't."