I think that's a good plan. You'll reap the rewards from that power you have built. I would put money on you making it.I think I will focus on powerlifting for a while. I'm hoping i can break 1,200 pounds. Probably a stretch for this stringy old turkey but I'll see what the year brings.
Codger
This little compact gym is my only option now. We had a magnificent olympic lifting gym at the state sport centre, but were thrown out of there by the combined political power of other sporting bodies.I'm surprised your gym doesn't have at least one power rack. I wonder they'd let you could set up some saw horses or something.
Codger
The other lifters moved to another gym on the other side of the city. it was 18 km away, & you had to go thru peak hour traffic, because of its opening time. So i looked at all the gyms within reach from my home. What a mess of banks of stationary bikes, rowers, climbers, treadmills, & piddly fixed weights. No platforms, no bumpers, no room.
This little one has a number of oly bars, bumpers, & a squat rack that nobody uses - yay! If i went at peak times, there would be no room for me, with the prowler going up & down, farmers walks with kettlebells, deadlifts, & floor based intervals. So i go at 7 AM, just as the early morning crew is finishing, & the next lot haven't moved in. By the time they get there i have have staked my claim.
That's a brilliant idea to use saw-horses. Possibly a problem, with nowhere to store them on site, & my little bubble has limited space. But very worth looking into. Thanks.
Yes, indeed. I see how successfully you have used that strategy for years on your pretty stable bunch of exercises.Yep, keep moving slowly upward with the weights. No jumping into something big. A small increase here, stay with a weight there. It all adds up over time.
Oldster
This would be workable for me. I'd just have to curb poundage greed. Probably easier for me than others, because gainzz will be slow in coming at this stage.
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Mon 9-4-2018.
Paused Breathing Squat. (55 k) 5. (75) 3. (85) 2. (80) 18.
Clean and presses. Intensity. (30 k) 5. (35) 3. (37.5) 1. (40) 1. (42.5) 1.
Press on back (30 k) 5. (35) 5. (40) 5. (42.5) 5. Oldster cured HIS bench press wrecked shoulder, by going to Close Grip. Maybe my CG POB will be good for me?
Split C+J. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1. (37.5) 1. (40) 1.
Split snatch. (stick) 1.1. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1
Rowing intervals. 30 seconds x 5.
and flexing ...
Single leg heels raise. (10 k) 13. (12) 13. 12.
Incline face down lateral raise (3 k's) 12.12.11.
Concentration curl (8 k) 12. (10) 10.9.
Ab Crunch on swiss ball. 11.11.11.