bluejeff
Level 7 Valued Member
So over the summer I have been greasing the groove with handstand pushups (hspus). I started with a heavy 2-rep max, doing singles and sometimes doubles, working up over time, and now my rep max is about 5. If I really rested well for a week or something, I bet it would go up. I am happy with the results, and I enjoy being able to frequently practice a movement I like a lot. I typically do reps of 3, with occasional forays into 4s and 5s. I would like to increase my RM, while keeping some kind of higher frequency approach (I think I have been averaging 4 days per week).
I feel a little stuck at this level; a lot of the time, I can get a set of 4-5 in, and then later on in the day, I can only get sets of 3. I'd like to see this increase again, but I am not entirely sure what approach to take. It's also entirely possible it's just a phase that will take a while to adapt to. When I started doing pike pushups, sets of 3-5 were pretty tough for a while, but after some time they just started getting easier.
I am debating between increasing reps per set and decreasing sets, or decreasing reps per set and increasing sets. I feel like what I have been doing is somewhere between greasing the groove and something like Soju and Tuba. That is, frequent but pretty heavy.
Currently I average something like 5-10 sets of 3, about 4 days per week, sometimes going for higher reps or sets, and sometimes reducing based on how I feel.
I feel a little stuck at this level; a lot of the time, I can get a set of 4-5 in, and then later on in the day, I can only get sets of 3. I'd like to see this increase again, but I am not entirely sure what approach to take. It's also entirely possible it's just a phase that will take a while to adapt to. When I started doing pike pushups, sets of 3-5 were pretty tough for a while, but after some time they just started getting easier.
I am debating between increasing reps per set and decreasing sets, or decreasing reps per set and increasing sets. I feel like what I have been doing is somewhere between greasing the groove and something like Soju and Tuba. That is, frequent but pretty heavy.
Currently I average something like 5-10 sets of 3, about 4 days per week, sometimes going for higher reps or sets, and sometimes reducing based on how I feel.