Hey /fit/. Two questions.
First what're your tips for trying to push past your plateaus?
For bench I drop the number of sets or reps per set but keep adding weight.
Second, rather than a heavy set of 5. Can I up the weight closer to my max, do one rep, take off 5kgs and keep working my way down and still make reasonable progress?
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Who cares life is pointless
>>38908067
I love pangolins. So cute
>>38908088
Yeah they're the only thing that makes me smile anymore
>>38908067
Yeah, life is pointless, happiness is a lie and we're all going to die.
But I'm going to die with a heavy ass deadlift, so shut up and help me.
>>38908097
Lift for them, so you too can fend off a lion
>>38908097
Be strong senpai
>>38908160
I don't know man. I just eat whatever I want and drink myself to sleep and my lifts go up. I'm sorry.
>>38908202
Repeat after me.
We're going to fucking make it.
>>38908043
Just di a typical deload and stop pretending you are a special snowflake with special needs
>>38908216
The finish line is death.
>>38908043
This sounds like your firstish plateau, I'm gonna assume you've been grinding 5x5RM maxes for the past several weeks.
What I would recommend is taking a 1week deload where your going for easy 8-12x4 sets on the main lifts + accessories. After this one week try going back to the 5x5RM max your were grinding before hand, and see if it feels any lighter. If so, good, try and up the weight another 5lbs next week. If you can, continue going at 5lbs increases every 1-2weeks. If you're having issues with this rate of increase, try working in a volume day each week for your main lifts and a 5x5RM day and see if you can get back to 1-2week 5lbs increase. If this doesn't work, look into longer periodized programs.
Secondly, no, pyramid training is what you described and it is far from what is optimal for training and progression.