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follow Chris Beardsley
Cheers for this! I'm now following him.
I've been following this advice from a few months ago and I've seen improvements!
Anacdotal - Not in increased weight but in joint health and recovery (post workout Doms)
I was WAY over training. Like in bench I got up to 10 sets (after warm up sets) and my joint fucking hated me ( obvious to everyone else except me). After seeing that graph I realised that all I was doing was hurting myself with no benefit. I thought the extra sets were good and I was willing to push through.
Plus now have slightly more time to do something else.
ChainBreaker-
I've found similar , did the 531 boring but big program for a while. Great to start off with , good progress etc. But by some weeks in the volume was killing my recovery. Dialled volume down, and felt much better . Doesn't help that I'm over now 40 either...
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Dang! 10 sets is a lot. How long were your gym sessions? I have a couple of days a month where I'm doing 8 sets on some big compounds but that's sets of 3 so more manageable.
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Yeah there is a ton of content there and no pseudo science, which in general I think is rife in exercise/lifting content. Lots of swole bros who offer questionable advice. Glad to hear it was useful dude :)
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Tenderloin
@Tenners I’d give Chris Beardsley a follow on IG I’ve found lots of his content really helpful