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@h_hiltonhudson Thanks for the thorough breakdown

@maxmillianmichieli Cool thanks for the great information. Makes a lot of sense and I’ll definitely look into it

@junior59 Thanks for the information! That double progression seems close to what I was already doing, but instead of matching RIR it’s about matching sets. I think I’ll implement that for a few months and see how it goes from there. I definitely do think I just had a bit of the wrong mentality...

@pinetowntree Thanks for the example, that definitely answers my question. Basically going to or close to failure is great for the last set, but just because I’m a few reps from failure on early sets doesn’t mean those sets aren’t productive. Got it thanks.

@kvolm Appreciate it. I only deloaded this week due do some slight diet fatigue and transitioning to a bulk. And yeah I generally structure my programs to be in higher rep ranges, so I almost never doing 1 rep maxes, therefore not getting crazy fatigue. Nice to know I got the right idea even...

@rico71601 Bro you basically just described me haha. Yeah another factor is I’ve had bad mountain bike crashes on my shoulders (as in my one shoulder now sits higher than the other) so that’s a factor to with bench. Most taller people just don’t have great proportions for benching, although of...

@swinswin Well I guess I’m an anomaly 🤷‍♂️. To be fair I have only been lifting for just over a year, and when I bench it’s controlled decent, I don’t just do limited range and super quick reps. I mean according to an online calculator 135lbs at 12 reps would mean a 1RM of 193, which is very...

@swinswin I’m 6’2 185lbs at like 15% BF. I don’t always bench at that weight, I just do lower weight and more reps when I’m cutting. Having said that when I do 1RM it’s about 200lbs (gotta love long arms haha), so even then it’s not like I’m putting crazy fatigue on my body. Still it’s probably...

@ladayer Yeah fair enough, I also think not doing deloads was bad. To be clear I’m not unhappy with my progress, I’m just a bit concerned that my progress was just the result of me being a beginner, and “my luck” will run out

I’m trying to understand how progressive overload actually works. For context I’ve been lifting for just over a year now, majority of that time spent in a calorie deficit. To give a general idea for you guys over the past year I’ve tracked my lifts, and clearly I’ve “progressively overloaded”...