Friday, January 27, 2023

Mid-Rep Volume PRs. Week 1. Session C.

sRPE @6.5
BW - 208

Deadlift - 
365X1 @7
275X9 @6

Cambered Bar Bench - 145X6 @7.5

Reverse Cambered Bar Bench - 135X19 @9.5

Pull-Downs (Myo-Reps) - X20, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 @8/7

DB Incline - 50sX12 @8

Leg DOMS starting to clear up a bit, and DL wasn't as much of a hassle as I thought it would be.

The low-fatigue strength work on cambered bar followed by a rep out on reverse cambered bar is based on something I heard in the Data Driven Strength podcast: that while long-ROM may be best overall for hypertrophy, partial ROM may provide greater hypertrophy in specific regions of the target muscle.  I spit-balled this idea over IG DM with one of their coaches, and this seemed like a good time to try it out: in the wake of failing to lock out my bench in the mock-meet on NYE.  The podcast was one of these two:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jTJvUy94stznENZBJ41N9?si=827bbb37a8714c04
https://open.spotify.com/episode/31wELM8XdHOoONP5CcNRnx?si=683df7f60e624d07

I can't remember which.

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