Micro progression is the ultimate secret for upper body work.

>>42636632
yeah, microplates are great. I have a pair each of 1, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 lb plates.

I just repeat the lift, I would do 95 twice then move on to 100, no point trying 100 after the initial 95 and failing reps. The second time is easier as well.

>what is adding volume instead of adding mini weight

>>42637153
>b-but muh 5x5

Cool, but save money and do more reps.

I honestly repeat my whole routine until I can deal with ease for weeks.

And I grow for all that time regardless of not adding weith every time.

Hardest lesson to learn 4 me was, you dont need that much to accomplish a lot.

Compared to catabolic teen me, I now do less and look better.

I live in Canada where microplates are hard as fuck to find and expensive when you can find them. Also, the Kinobody brand microplates are pretty much exactly what I am looking for and suit my purposes exactly, but then I have a fucking Kinobody logo on my plates. I would look weird enough bringing my own weights to a gym where this shit is supplied, then add the fact that everyone knows I paid into Greg O'Gallagher would put me over the edge.

Just out a 2.5 on one side and shift your grip slightly

this, combined with an SS style progression youll make insane gains

I went back to SS and added 1kg to my lifts every session my bench went from 93kg for reps to 111kg for reps within weeks, OHP went from 50kg to 69kg in the same time period

>>42639068
>shift your grip slightly
what did he mean by this?

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>tfw your gym has Eleiko microplates all the way down to 0.25 grams.

>>42639100
0.25 kilograms, fuck

>>42636632
Here. I stalled out my press at 85 lbs. So embarrassing. Micro plates helped me break through. I'm up to 104 now and still climbing. Slow progress sucks, but it beats no progress.

>>42637153
Lifting 100 five times will help you lift 75 ten times much much more than lifting 75 ten times will help you lift 100 five times.

>>42636632
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>42639085
Meaning your hands will be slightly off center on the bar, to account for the center of gravity shift... But at over 100 lbs on the bar in general, I can't imagine it would take more than like a quarter inch to account for the single plate. Maybe a half finger width?