Does this volume day method make sense?

[Sean Stangl]

I second Hanley's recommendations.

Elite powerlifters doing 6-10 sets of bench per session isn't as uncommon as you'd think, honestly. I can think of literally dozens of examples. I think once you're in that that 7-8 set range it makes more sense to simply add another session, though.

For a fun anecdote, at the moment, I'm doing 8 sets of bench 4-5 times a week. That's as part of an RPE-based 5% fatigue drop from an 8 RPE... it only stops at 8 sets because rest periods start decreasing as desire to stop benching accumulates.

[John Hanley]

I'm doing 8 sets of bench 4-5 times a week. That's as part of an RPE-based 5% fatigue drop from an 8 RPE... it only stops at 8 sets because rest periods start decreasing as desire to stop benching accumulates.

Holy shitballs.

What's an ballpark average weekly rep total?

[Sean Stangl]

What's an ballpark average weekly rep total?

Volume uses the right y-axis. Looks like about 175. That doesn't include pressing, which is at about 40.

The super-high volume on the left was very low-intensity high-rep stuff. It's hard to show everything in a single graph. They always leave a lot out.

[marcf]

Volume uses the right y-axis. Looks like about 175. That doesn't include pressing, which is at about 40.

The super-high volume on the left was very low-intensity high-rep stuff. It's hard to show everything in a single graph. They always leave a lot out.

How were you measuring the volume of your accessory work? Did you keep your accessory exercises the same?

[Sean Stangl]

How were you measuring the volume of your accessory work? Did you keep your accessory exercises the same?

Reps. Accessory exercises unfortunately varied.

[zar9star]

Quick update:

In 43 days my bench moved from
176 lbs 4x8 to 181,5 lbs 6x8. This rate of progress would probably make me a novice, right? If yes, why did LP with microloading not work anymore, even though the poundage I add per month is about the same as it was on microloading LP?

[Eric K]

You probably weren't getting enough stimulus to make progress.

[Ben Patterson]

Quick update:

In 43 days my bench moved from
176 lbs 4x8 to 181,5 lbs 6x8. This rate of progress would probably make me a novice, right? If yes, why did LP with microloading not work anymore, even though the poundage I add per month is about the same as it was on microloading LP?

Answer the "first three questions". More than likely one of your answers will be the reason.

[marcf]

Answer the "first three questions". More than likely one of your answers will be the reason.

Doubt it.

[zar9star]

Answer the "first three questions". More than likely one of your answers will be the reason.

No, I know these 3 questions for a long time already. They seem to be Rips favourite thing to link people like me to. They don't help me. I did 7 min rest times, microloading, while gaining weight (and my squat blew up during that time).