guardian7
Level 6 Valued Member
In the PTTP program, Starting Strength and other barbell programs, there is a call for 5 pound and even 2.5 pound increments for the latter program. I know I can buy microplates but I don't live in the US and the gym where I am at only for this winter when I do barbell work has 2.5KG as the smallest plate.
I was just wondering if there is a benefit to repeating workouts instead and going up in 5KG increments. Like Pavel talks about owning the weight and big jumps in bell sizes. For deadlift, not as big a deal but bench? I am 50 years old, 74KG and bench is my worst lift which I only trained systematically for a couple of months last year. My deadlift is better. Thai boxing, bodyweight, and KB are my main workouts.
Wondering how I should approach this. Last year I made linear gains and it was not as much of an issue but I am starting with a weight I worked up to last year and I don't expect the same linear gains.
How would you approach the programming in this situation? Just go by autoregulation and repeat a workout until I feel confident to add the 5KG to the bench? Or add 5KG every second workout. The program calls for backing off 10-15 percent if you don't feel confident completing the second set.
I was just wondering if there is a benefit to repeating workouts instead and going up in 5KG increments. Like Pavel talks about owning the weight and big jumps in bell sizes. For deadlift, not as big a deal but bench? I am 50 years old, 74KG and bench is my worst lift which I only trained systematically for a couple of months last year. My deadlift is better. Thai boxing, bodyweight, and KB are my main workouts.
Wondering how I should approach this. Last year I made linear gains and it was not as much of an issue but I am starting with a weight I worked up to last year and I don't expect the same linear gains.
How would you approach the programming in this situation? Just go by autoregulation and repeat a workout until I feel confident to add the 5KG to the bench? Or add 5KG every second workout. The program calls for backing off 10-15 percent if you don't feel confident completing the second set.