I had a long talk with a VERY strong friend of mine at the gym. He was benchpressing 335 just before we started talking.
So I asked him "How the hell do I get that strong?????" After he was done laughing, we starting talking. He had remembered that I was doing this whole light weight/perfect form thing. He said that doing that was great for sculpting my body and building sizeable muscles. He had noticed that in the last 3 months I was noticeably more cut and had much larger arms. He said strength, however, requires going heavy. So we put together a little different routine. It's not too different as far as what lifts I do, but the weight and reps are quite different.
Now I will have 2 routines.
Routine 1:
Heavy weight, 4-6 reps, 3 sets.
Routine 2:
Light weight, reps to failure, 4-5 sets.
I'll do Routine 1 once a week, and Routine 2 twice a week. This way I should have best of both worlds. We both agreed that looking and feeling good is more important, but I want to be strong as well.
My goal is to someday press 315. That magical 315. 6 plates on the bar. I'm a LOOOONG way off.
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