PillarofBalance
Strength Pimp
- Feb 27, 2011
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Yeah, I tried to make the distinction that anyone who does one set of 10 reps regularly is doing something that will make him or her stronger, but it's not going to help his or her competition lift more than just doing more sets with fewer reps.
And non-competing gym rat who does 10 sets of singles as working sets is doing something that may get him or her stront, but as compared to doing sets with multiple reps, but it would have an advantage to a competitor for potentially several purposes (technique work, emphasis on particular part of the pull, etc.).
Yeah, that's one of the differences I mentioned. I'm trying to convince a PL gym rat that I know to compete, but I get the feeling he won't enjoy the taper part at all. Sometimes it takes experiencing a meet as a competitor first, before you learn to prepare for a meet as a competitor.
Ask @Seeker how his taper went. I snuck it in on him. Lifelong bodybuilder and friend of mine. I talked him into letting me run his training. I put him thru a sneaky peak. At 50 he was smashing weight that would be a record in most feds. He didn't even see it coming until the last few weeks.
By then he was hooked.
Now he is on the hook to do his first meet in October.