Originally Posted by
jfsully
Depends on your goals, and I would defer to your coach on this. We know that doctors in general will tell you to do high volume, low intensity, because they don't really understand strength training and don't want you to get crushed under a barbell at their instruction.
My point is that you should not avoid or reduce volume just because you've had a stroke. In general I think that older trainees avoid volume more than strictly necessary. (I consider myself an old lifter at 48, and I have made more progress with deadlift doing 5x5 in the 70-80% range than I would have thought possible.)
I would stick with whatever programming you have. I assume you are varying intensity and volume, so keep it up as long as it's working. Also, any assistance work should be bilateral work: e.g. barbell rows or curls instead of dumbbells, because we want to teach your left side that it is expected to perform the same as your right side. If you are diligent with dumbbells you can accomplish this, but working both sides together should have more benefits for stroke recovery, in my view, and I would recommend against exclusively using dumbbells for assistance work.