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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy
Relax mr know it all. I'm just telling him to build his confidence up.
I know from experience the body is pretty amazing if you take care of it the right way and work hard.
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Yeah, I've never even tried to figure out 1RM, much less train in such low rep ranges, but have trained hard enough before to at least have a fair idea of my own systemic fatigue over time.
To un**** my squat, I was doing ~15 sets in the ~6-10 rep range across 3 workouts/week for several weeks... I was already pissing off my tennis elbow from arm stuff and then added hip and back pain to it. By the time I finished that little project and went on vacation for a couple weeks, the struggle was real, lol.
So, that's the baseline of my comment that I'd destroy myself at low rep ranges. And if I was in my 20s, I'd probably do it again and again... but, being mid-40s, I doubt there's as high of a ceiling for joint and body abuse.
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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy
if you take care of it the right way and work hard. not everything has to be so scientific.
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Yeah, I've learned a ton from a handful of people on YouTube, but at the same time know a lot of what they're talking about might mean a difference of like 2% over time... and I'm all for better/more efficient ways to do things (so I keep watching them), but any of them will tell you none of their nuance matters if you aren't showing up to the gym with a purpose and working hard, then eating right, and getting enough sleep/rest.