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Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift
Whats your 1rm? I thought you said your pr was around 300 in the squat no? What about the dl and bench?
And again I am only talking about strength training....I leave the food, supplement, and bodybuilding talks to others....
That's the beauty of the westside system....it employs the conjugate method (another article that I posted that you didn't read) so there is no adaptation and there is never a reason to "start over"....it's a system of constantly improving all areas which is another downfall of the "traditional" type of training that you are talking about and you've pretty much outlined it....
Most traditional systems take one aspect of training...work on it for 4-6 weeks....then move on to another aspect. Even common sense tells you if you negate one area you will decline in that area.
The westside system works on starting strength, explosive strength, speed strength, absolute strength, strength endurance, and overall general "physical fitness" every week of every year.
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I don't usually try to perform my 1RM because of previous injuries, on squats because they don't bother me like deads do I've done 310 with more left but never tried higher. I don't know how accurate 1RM calculators are but according to them, where as I can do 255x8 it puts me shy of 320 which sounds about right, the most I've hit on deadlifts was about 5 months ago and that was at 365 but the pain from the hernias put an end to that real quick. Bench presses are another tough one because of the broken clavicals and are my weakest lifts, my best working sets have been 3x8 @ 185
I do know that, although in small increments I do keep adding weight without injury so I'm quite pleased with my progress. Most programs I follow are 8-12 weeks, 4-6 I don't think is enough time to get the full benefits from, as long as I'm adding weight or reps I stick with it, when I stall I switch it up.