re: PPSA: Everyone doing their own plan

I felt it in the butt after not doing them for a couple months.

Started Arm Farm today. This will be my first time running a PPSA program. Looking forward to seeing the progress it provides.

Week 1 of silverback down. Lotta deadlifts lotta rows feeling strong.

why?

like what is the point of doing all that cardio? just walk or ruck if goal is to just look better

honestly if you want to do that much cardio, ppsa really aint right for you. way to much volume in ppsa to be doing that much cardio.

I used to love running but I had to pick if I wanted to look like a runner or a lifter.

There was a thread on here a year or so ago that said would you rather be able to run an ultramarathon or deadlift 400 lbs and someone said I'd rather look like I can deadlift 400 lbs than look like I can run an ultra. That stuck with me and that's when I started dialing back the running. Now I just walk.

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Would the cardio hurt my gains? Or just unnecessary?

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for sure unnecessary but if you like it and it keeps from bad habits...frick whats necessary...keep doing it

as far as hurting gains....its just going to be hard to recover from that much. but man way way way more important things in life than gains and if its helping you stay grounded and away from booze then keep doing that man

and obviously you like doing the sprint tri's so stick with it

now i would say be very careful with the overall volume with ppsa and that much cardio. just monitor yourself

make sure you are getting 8 hours min sleep and i would say try and get 9-10 if at all possible.

also make sure you are eating to support your goals.


i assumed you were doing all that cardio just thinking it would help you lose body fat faster, we see that a lot on this board, but i was obviously wrong. keep doing your thing man.

W2D1 Silverback for me today. He has 4x15 for skullcrushers. Did them heavy and slow and they lit me up.

Had leg day yesterday.

225 x 3
255 x 3
275 x 8
275 x 8
275 x 10

Then I did hack squat, glute bridge, quad ext, hamstring curls. It was great!

I didn't get one last year I'm definitely getting one this year.

I just saw the 9/6/23 post but wasn't sure what it was referenced to.