Originally Posted by
TommyGun
I am 54 and the training profile is similar.
Three great weeks of consistent training followed by limited time and crazy schedule.
It eventually gets back to a normal schedule, only to be screwed up again by life’s demands.
To “bridge” those periods, I have found that keeping the weight heavy with less volume.
Even if that means three sets of doubles or triples or even singles if time is that bad. Both Rip and Sully seem to agree that it is important for masters lifters (that’s you and me) should, when possible, go for intensity instead of volume if one of them has to give.
And mentally it seems easier once your normal training schedule resumes. Don’t get me wrong, going back to full sets of fives is always a bitch, but at least it’s not a massive deload from where you left off.