Hey Fred, I asked, he said to mitigate excess fatigue and keep weight on the bar.
Myself, I know it’s not because I was going to fail the 5th reps. But I am coming back from my second “injury” from heavy (to me) squats. So I think the extra deadlift sets, the 2.5 lb jumps, and the 4 rep squats, are all related to getting my back stronger without running up the weight and hurting something again… I think.
Having a coach do the programming let’s me just say, yes sir.
Summary
Mon 11-15-21
Body 229.7* (oh my)
Fat 29.1 (whew)
I do the navy method, which really means my waist is holding between 42 and 43 inches as I add pounds.
Squat 172.5 x 5,5,5,5
Press 108* x 3,3,3,3,3
Deadlift 225 x 5,5,5
Chin downs 3,3,3,3 Adam said I should up these to 5 x 5 until I can slow the plummet. I’m going to ease up to that.