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@simenseo 22kg dumbbell in each hand for about 10 reps right now

@jamesandrewsmith46 191cm and 187lb

@elliep78 This could be it tbh. Im 80% sure I’m getting close to failure usually, but still willing to try this out. Just did a set of abs and I thought at around rep 16 (here feels like an RPE8, I would stop here), but ended up getting 24 reps before the reps were way too slow. Could be...

@dymesgirl Rest in peace, Mountain Dog :’)

@humbleservant46 What about the program? Alright mate, we’ll agree to disagree. Thanks for the comments anyway. I’m going to test going closer to failure and seeing if that’s the issue.

@humbleservant46 But yet my noob lifter friend I’ve been coaching for a year does 40kg dumbbells in each hand for reps on my programs not even tracking protein or calories. I’ve done cookie cutter online programs - shit progress. I’ve done custom made programs from great coaches - shit...

@humbleservant46 Like I said, I don’t have the experience of lifting at intermediate and above levels, but I understand the sciences of how hypertrophy training works.

@rebecca1918 Two 300+ page science books and 8 years of watching science videos, listening to podcasts, reading articles, etc.

@clevernamehere I’ve bulked for months at a time and got quite fat, I’m not really scared of fat gain. Yeah I’m doing about 7 sets of chest a week at the moment, I increase every week depending on soreness (if no soreness I increase sets). Yeah I know what failure feels like. I stay around...

@jayb05 I was meticulous about form when I started and I’ve only improved from there, so form is all gg. I also had a professional coach check form and everything looked good. I have a good hang of RPE, I usually program RPE7-10 in my mesocycles. Training 4.5x a week in total. Each muscle gets...

Trying to get a bit better at knowing exactly what movements each muscle needs for robust and whole growth. Like how you need more than a hip hinge for hamstrings, you need a leg curl. Or how there’s different heads of the tricep. Anyone got any good videos, etc? Historically I haven’t thought...

@ingersoll Good points. I might look into buying a program off someone else then just as a test. What I’ll first do is do the next week of training going to failure and see if that makes any difference the following week. Very interested to see.

@conwel Could you elaborate more on the progressive overload comment please? Awesome, thanks man :)

@ingersoll Yeah both in himself and hundreds of other clients. My programs are very similar to his. Based on the same science. Why do you still insist it’s an issue with my programming and not a me issue when I’ve ran programs my friend has produced that have worked for hundreds of other...

@ingersoll I used to run my friend’s (who’s a respected coach with an online presence who owns his own coaching business) programs but I had the same issues. I followed RPE in the programs though so there’s that again…

@randomprose I’m not a beginner but I have some seriously lacking muscle groups like my chest and shoulders I’m trying to bring up before my next cut. Am I right in saying gains may be a bit better with a higher surplus at the moment despite still seeing progress?

@jayb05 22kg dumbbells in each hand, sorry I should have been more specific. I’ve read books on hypertrophy training, I’m super knowledgeable on this stuff, I just progress like shit lol. I’ve been doing RPE for a few years now.

So I’m going by week to week averages and after just calculating the average for this week it seems like I’m doing 0.1lb. I’m still progressing on everything but I’m wondering if I’d have “better” gains if I increased calories a little bit. Or maybe I just need to measure every 2 weeks instead...

@conwel It was about 3 months. So what I did was on returning I did a 4 week mesocycle and gained about 5kg in each hand on bench and then progress started slow down a bit on the 4th week but overall good progress. It was all muscle memory though because I didn’t gain any NEW strength. Then I...

@faithofsaints Yeah perhaps. I don’t think it would be RPE5 because I do feel the weight slow down a lot on my compounds before I stop, but would be very much be willing to try COMPLETE failure and see how many more reps I can do.