Originally Posted by
AColeman
Hello all,
I just started my novice progression on Sunday( I'm 38),establishing my loads for the squat, bench, and dead. My squat felt pretty hard. The reps slowed considerably during my working sets.
I had to train Sunday because my daughter had been in the hospital the previous 6 days. I wound up having to re-admit her Monday night and only got 3 hours of sleep that night. I slept 5 hours last night then tried to train this morning(Wednesday). As per the novice progression protocol I bumped my load up in the squat by 10 pounds. During the 2nd rep of my first work set I failed.
My question is, was my failure a result of establishing to high an initial load or a result of stress and sleep deprivation? Should I decrease the load and if so by how much?
Thanks
Al