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Today I was just realizing that I fool myself into doing 20 reps ... by doing 4 consecutive sets of 5 reps ... I actually count it out .... 1,2,3,4,5 - 5,4,3,2,1 ... 1,2,3,4,5 - 5,4,3,2,1 .... for 20 reps ... somehow this seems far easier to me than count from 1 - 20 straight ...

What do you do get your best performance?
So no wrest in b/t right???
 

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Ha ha stan is there a reason why you wrote about 30 characters then write 10char at the end??

same,


like a artist looks at there portrait




10char
 
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Ha ha stan is there a reason why you wrote about 30 characters then write 10char at the end??
its was a edited post
the artist bit came to me in my thc state so came back to address ,haha
 
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I always do 4 things, every time I lift:​

1. ALWAYS Partials-never lock out, muscle under unending tension.

2. Stay heavy (2-5 reps), finish with 1 or 2 burn-+out sets (10-12 reps).

3. Always 1-2 forced reps after hitting failure.

4. Always do 1 or 2 "full motion reps" so I can say " I bench/dead/squat __lbs"

Look at the biggest bodybuilders. Every single one does partials.

You want 100% strength your genes allow? You have to do forced reps and hold weight you can't lift yet (i.e. Bench 380lbs? Get 405 on the bar and hold it+move it around with spotters. Now your brain is prepared for the future)​
Interesting thought on the forced rep deal. Not something I’ve ever done but might help me over some mental bumps.
 
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Do you always have to post with giant letters..............................??????????????????????????????????????????????????? lol
Easier to read
 

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plus...I have serious issue with loud noise....have always been this way...they are both the same to me...hahahaha
 

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No real trickery. I have my spotters tell me when to stop as long as I’m with people I trust.
 

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Today I was just realizing that I fool myself into doing 20 reps ... by doing 4 consecutive sets of 5 reps ... I actually count it out .... 1,2,3,4,5 - 5,4,3,2,1 ... 1,2,3,4,5 - 5,4,3,2,1 .... for 20 reps ... somehow this seems far easier to me than count from 1 - 20 straight ...

What do you do get your best performance?

You do reps of five ?
 

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Do you always have to post with giant letters..............................??????????????????????????????????????????????????? lol

Never have

I forgot mine was so giant

Reason #1 is due to users in 2011-2014 were idiots that somehow missed/could not comprehend what I wrote, and my posts were ****in' straightforward.

Idiots left, habit stayed.
 

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Interesting thought on the forced rep deal. Not something I’ve ever done but might help me over some mental bumps.

Tip on that-

Don't waste energy; do them on the heavy, strength goal sets.

If you have energy left for forced reps on the burn out sets, great!

Now you'll ensure strength goes up, and if able to force reps on burn sets, you are garaunteed to have every single fiber take damage (ergo hypertrophy).
 

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I find on machines if I'm going for high reps, I can always push/pull another 10 beyond my count.
 

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I find on machines if I'm going for high reps, I can always push/pull another 10 beyond my count.

same....Whenever I think my pecs, quads, whatev's are going to fail when i rep out, i can always do another 12-15 more.

A lot is mental and determination.
 

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I find on machines if I'm going for high reps, I can always push/pull another 10 beyond my count.

I agree with you. One problem:

No gym for me to use! It's crucial to have my wife as a spotter.

Luckily, on my "work set" (e.g. the set with 130lb DBs that gets me to the 200lb+ DB's on flat bench goal), my wife knows I do the last 2 reps with full ROM, and after those 2 reps she's allowed to spot/push forced reps to end the set.
 

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same....Whenever I think my pecs, quads, whatev's are going to fail when i rep out, i can always do another 12-15 more.

A lot is mental and determination.

All of it is mental. Hmm..I should make a thread.
 

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Never have

I forgot mine was so giant

Reason #1 is due to users in 2011-2014 were idiots that somehow missed/could not comprehend what I wrote, and my posts were ****in' straightforward.

Idiots left, habit stayed.


It caught my attention and made me want to read the whole thing.
 
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I don't count, only concentrations and feeling the muscle, contracting the muscle on positive & negatives, I max out 5-8 reps after when feeling pain,
 

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