Day 2
Ex 1. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.Less weight, slow down, control it, flog the ego.3 - 4 second eccentric. Optional 1 second hold once 3 second eccentric becomes easier, same for 4.
Ex 2. I'm getting tired of this.Sloooooooooooowwwww doooooooowwn. Control the movement.
Ex 3. Right, this is one that people don't get.3 SECOND ECCENTRIC. 2 SECOND HOLD AND STRETCH. CONTROLLED 1 SECOND CONCENTRIC. REPEAT. Calves grow with good stretch with good load.
I've had enough now. I've watched enough. Here is my advice:
Ex 1. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.Less weight, slow down, control it, flog the ego.3 - 4 second eccentric. Optional 1 second hold once 3 second eccentric becomes easier, same for 4.
Ex 2. I'm getting tired of this.Sloooooooooooowwwww doooooooowwn. Control the movement.
Ex 3. Right, this is one that people don't get.3 SECOND ECCENTRIC. 2 SECOND HOLD AND STRETCH. CONTROLLED 1 SECOND CONCENTRIC. REPEAT. Calves grow with good stretch with good load.
I've had enough now. I've watched enough. Here is my advice:
- Refine your technique.
- Reduce the weight - lose the ego.
- Slow everything the fuck down. Minimum 3 second eccentric, 1 second hold where applicable.
- Control. From the squeeze to the stretch, to the constant speed of movement between point A and point B.
- None of the above is any good if you have a shit starting base and no stability.
- Do all of the above, and actually, stick with the Renaissance Periodisation programme. If you want to get big, 5x5 strong lifts or "power building" is not what you need. You need a hypertrophy programme which revolved around periodisation and RIR, which you are on. Stick with it.
- Once you're consistently hitting the top of your target rep range in each set with good form, increase the weight. Rinse and repeat.
- Now, put the work in. Because the work is more than just getting sweaty and going to failure. It's temporarily sacrificing your ego and lifting less than grandma to set a great foundation of form. It's ruthlessly holding yourself to account. It's standardising every single exercise, so that you recognise that as soon as one rep feels like you're "cheating" and you lose form, you've technically reached failure. Don't misunderstand me, you have to work fucking hard, but the point of standardisation is that your prime movers are fatiguing first and getting the most stimulus, not your secondary or tertiary movers.If you want to learn how to train properly, please watch Jordan Peters in YouTube. I have had the pleasure of going to the same gym and talking to him for a couple of years. He is known across the world in the bodybuilding industry.The chaps at Renaissance Periodisation, and Revive Stronger (who coach me), have done a podcast with Jordan Peters who is one of the most respected bodybuilders in the industry.This is only the training variable I have talked about. I haven't seen your diet, but I hope you've nailed that.