watchnerd
Level 8 Valued Member
In fact there's a big amount of post talking about how many sets or how many reps...even when its kind of difficult to compare to each other as we all have different backgrounds, size, strength, etc...
And a hefty genetic component.
I'm an "easy gainer" -- by week 3 of Giant 1.0, using doubles, my test weight had already gone from 7 RM to 10 RM.
And this was doing 20 minute sessions, with far fewer total reps than others are posting, like 40-something per session.
Weeks 4 and 5 (yes, I did 5 weeks) were cruise control, almost "easy strength" level of effort, barely adding reps compared to week 3, letting the slower-building connective tissues catch up with the muscles.
Now I'm in a de-load week.
Super compensation is now kicking in as recovery catches up with the volume and I'm in a highly anabolic state.
The (fairly inaccurate, but directionally correct over time) scale says I've added muscle and lost fat in the last 3 days of doing nothing more strenuous than active recovery; this 'bursty' or 'step function' gain pattern is typical for my training history and genetics.
When I start training again next week, I'm probably going to drop the light day from Giant entirely and interleave in some EDT swing training (upper body component still up for debate) and see how that goes. I suspect that whatever mild loss of net volume on presses I lose won't be a big deal for my progression, given what I know of my training logs, especially if I sub in some other kind of press/push from a different angle.
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