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    Am I lifting enough?

    Ok so I lowered the volume of my training but I don't feel like I'm doing enough if that makes sense? I like training with lots of variations and overall volume so maybe it's just in my head but I just don't want to be slacking

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    Oh by the way here's my log so you can see my previous and current routine lol. http://www.musclecoalition.org/showt...irst-cycle-log

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    If you work all other muscle groups as you do legs I would says its in your head.

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    Well my last leg day was still with my high volume routine. I trained hard still with the lower volume now but I just don't feel sore at all. I'm gonna be increasing the weight now and see what happens

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    Just a suggestion but would lower the reps and up the weight.

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    Quote Originally Posted by bdad View Post
    Just a suggestion but would lower the reps and up the weight.
    Yeah that's what I'll be doing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manny1983 View Post
    Yeah that's what I'll be doing
    Could do a GVT and decrease volume as you increase weight....ex. week1 10*10, week2 10*8 +20#, Week3 10*6 +20#, and so on for another week or two then repeat starting at a higher weight.

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    If you do anything long enough your body will adapt to it, becoming more efficient at it, which means your body will not be working as hard and breaking down as many muscle fibers as it did when you first started. That is why you need to keep mixing it up. You could do as Mondtster suggested and gradually decrease the reps and increase the volume over the span of a few weeks, then take a deload week, and start out with high volume again. You could also introduce some advanced lifting techniques like rest-pause, dropsets, supersets and statics to encourage more muscle fiber breakdown. Another technique I like is using slow negatives. For example, when doing barbell curls, after you curl the weight up, lower the weight in a controlled fashion over 3-4 seconds, stop prior to the bottom of the lift where you still have some tension on the arms and power the weight back up and repeat. I get a great burn doing these and you can use this technique on many different exercises.

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    form, pace, and intensity.

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    Re: Am I lifting enough?

    Quote Originally Posted by Manny1983 View Post
    Oh by the way here's my log so you can see my previous and current routine lol. http://www.musclecoalition.org/showt...irst-cycle-log
    Question: Why are you doing so much iso lifts before your big movements (squats / deads)?

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