Thought I'd ask even though I feel it's stupid.
I'm a swimmer and I've been pure strength training for around 8 months. I've plateaued in strength at 225lb x 1 reps and can't seem to surpass it. I've brought the weight down to 185 - 205lb and have been adding higher reps each week and i'm feeling like i'm making progress.
So should I just completely ditch 1 rep maxes and work with moderate weight with reps?
What lift? Also, testing 1RM is something people don't do often. you're definitely not going to be making progress through 1 rep lifts, there's basically no volume. volume = growth
>>41838480
BB Bench mainly but all my pushing exercises have been the same.
I figured I just hit a wall and once I get over this i'll stick to 1 rep maxed but Okay i'll stick on volume from now.
1 RM maxes are only good for egolifting once in a while, when you do a 1 RM you're effectively wasting what could have been a good working set
>>41838495
also flat bench is a meme, do DB incline at least as often if not more often. you'll build stronger stabilizers and it's better for hypertrophy anyway. chances are your flat bench will also improve too.
>>41838495
What program are you running? If you feel like you're stalling on your lifts you can try a 531 program. I'm about to start like because I heard it's a great novice/intermediate program that people switch to when they hit a wall.
>>41838530
I just need to be as strong as possible for athletics so i'm not lifting for hypotrophy, it's a bit unrealistic and dangerous to load ur shoulders with heavy af DB's.
>>41838535
It's just a standard 5 x 5 program with some Olympic lifts. Then cardio throughout the week