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@phascinate This is back assward

@jabba1495 First off, those are some mighty fine looking pullups. You shouldn't, but if you slopped them up a bit to most people's standards you could probably get 10-15. Plateaus and maxes can be mental too. If you can do sets across of 5 odds are 5 isn't your true max. You can just have it in...

@mathew2sellers Seems like a fine idea as a change of pace. It's kind of like a reverse giant set. Where a giant set you set a total rep goal. Take the first chunk to failure, then short rest, another chunk to failure, ... So your reps might look like 15, 12, 8, 8, 6, etc until you hit the...

@eleanorwhite Depends. Deloads are one of those things you just have to feel out. Sometimes you'll need a more drastic deload. Sometimes a pivot week is good. Where you keep everything the same but switch to less taxing or different exercises to give joints a rest from a specific stress. So...

@danielkibby Almost guaranteed they are just making conversation. For good reason a lot of people have reservations about commenting on someone else's body. So "I see you are still lifting" is iffy.

@ladydenise226 I know it probably doesn't feel great to get piled on, but you should take it as very very good news. If you were doing everything right and made little progress that'd be a real bummer. You've got a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear you can tap in to and make bananas gains.