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re: The Greyskull Methods- A Primer
Posted on 12/11/21 at 3:35 pm to brielf
Posted on 12/11/21 at 3:35 pm to brielf
I've been doing greyskull since I posted in July, gotten some progress on every lift but stalling a bit now:
Bench ~50 kg > failed 68 kg two weeks ago and back up to 65 kg today, got two more reps than last time.
OHP ~36 kg > failed 48 kg three weeks ago, been quite hard to progress, several resets already. Hit the same amount of reps (5) on 45 kg this week.
Squat ~70 kg > failed 102 kg this week, reprogressed several times and gotten a few kilos more each time, but getting quite tough.
DL (trap bar) 88 kg > 130 kg. haven't had to reset yet.
I've been changing accessory lifts a lot, stalling quite a bit on curls/chin ups/DB bench etc.
High bar squatting feels pretty good and there's no elbow pain while squatting. But I haven't been able to do home workouts because my elbows start hurting really bad when I do chin ups.
I've been eating 3330 kcal since mid July, gained ~10 kg since then (started using creatine in September) and because lifts have been stalling and weight gain is stalling a bit, increased calories to 3600 this week. I'm hoping more calories will help break plateaus, but maybe I should try switching main movements too, I've resetted all but DL several times now.
Bench ~50 kg > failed 68 kg two weeks ago and back up to 65 kg today, got two more reps than last time.
OHP ~36 kg > failed 48 kg three weeks ago, been quite hard to progress, several resets already. Hit the same amount of reps (5) on 45 kg this week.
Squat ~70 kg > failed 102 kg this week, reprogressed several times and gotten a few kilos more each time, but getting quite tough.
DL (trap bar) 88 kg > 130 kg. haven't had to reset yet.
I've been changing accessory lifts a lot, stalling quite a bit on curls/chin ups/DB bench etc.
High bar squatting feels pretty good and there's no elbow pain while squatting. But I haven't been able to do home workouts because my elbows start hurting really bad when I do chin ups.
I've been eating 3330 kcal since mid July, gained ~10 kg since then (started using creatine in September) and because lifts have been stalling and weight gain is stalling a bit, increased calories to 3600 this week. I'm hoping more calories will help break plateaus, but maybe I should try switching main movements too, I've resetted all but DL several times now.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 7:31 am to brielf
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High bar squatting feels pretty good and there's no elbow pain while squatting. But I haven't been able to do home workouts because my elbows start hurting really bad when I do chin ups.
lay off the chins for a while then. switch to a some form of horizontal row
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OHP ~36 kg > failed 48 kg three weeks ago, been quite hard to progress, several resets already. Hit the same amount of reps (5) on 45 kg this week.
add some volume, in the form of 5x10 starting at 60% of the weight that day
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Bench ~50 kg > failed 68 kg two weeks ago and back up to 65 kg today, got two more reps than last time.
when you stall again, add 10x5 @70% of the lift for that day
on the added volume, make sure you control the eccentric and explode out the bottom. add 2.5 lbs every session until that fails too.
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I've been eating 3330 kcal since mid July, gained ~10 kg since then (started using creatine in September) and because lifts have been stalling and weight gain is stalling a bit, increased calories to 3600 this week. I'm hoping more calories will help break plateaus, but maybe I should try switching main movements too, I've resetted all but DL several times now.
adding calories will make a big difference but you need to look at sleep too. make sure you are getting plenty of protein and 8 hours of sleep per night.
as far as resetting and rotating lifts, try the volume first then after you have to reset again.....switch the lifts.
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