Should I Do More Sets?

[IronAndMetal]

@ifstatement

The last two years (2016-2017) of lifting to failure has left me exhausted and demotivated.

Personally, I’d feel demotivated too if the only workouts I did was lift a duffle bag for 14 years.

[samul]

Then you also gotta add the forearm and hand weight to the curls. So that’s probably closer to a 92 lb curl

[flipcollar]

@samul

When squatting I have 35 kg on my back plus my entire body weight. That’s a total of 140 KG

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sad.

EDIT: I didn’t mean to quote you Samul, meant to quote the OP. ohwell…

[The_Mighty_Stu]

This thread has only been here for a few hours, and I think I just clicked the “like” thing on more replies than I have in total this past week combined.

Keep going guys

S

[TrainForPain]

@ifstatement

Not on any drugs of any kind. Not even flu medecine

I don’t have anything valuable to add, I just really thought this was funny.

[anon50325502]

Brah, don’t doubt the performance-enhancing benefits of tamiflu!

[TrainForPain]

That’s obviously why I look terrible in the summer; you should see me late fall! Just happens to miss beach season

[chris_ottawa]

@ifstatement

I don’t go to the gym to workout. I use a duffel bag in which I add weights.

Are you in jail?

@ifstatement

I wouldn’t call that weak and I am not small.

@ifstatement

For legs and chest I put the bag on my back and do squats and pushups.

@ifstatement

legs 35 kg 12 reps 3 sets, chest 35 kg 9 reps 3 sets

Squatting 35kg for 12x3 isn’t weak?

@ifstatement

Also as far as I know building muscle doesn’t have anything to do with lifting to failure. But rather with the application of progresssive overload: increasing load, reps, sets or frequency over time.

The weight needs to be challenging and you will get much better results going close to failure (not necessarily failing though, 1-3 reps short).

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@ifstatement

I am not squatting less weight than what I lift for biceps. When squatting I have 35 kg on my back plus my entire body weight. That’s a total of 140 KG. Which is more than the 40 KG I use for biceps.

This is just funny. I squatted 500lbs for a fairly easy single last week and I weigh 240, does that mean that I in fact squatted 740lbs? I guess my biceps are lagging since the only bicep work I have been doing is hammer curls with 55lb dumbbells, I should be curling at least 500 by now.

[dt79]

@ifstatement

But the article (https://www.t-nation.com/training/the-best-damn-workout-plan-for-natural-lifters) mentions that it is better to keep volume low and workout more often when you’re a natural lifter (which I have always been) to allow protein synthesis to be greater than breakdown. So according to the article the answer to my question would be to keep doing three sets per muscle per workout and work each muscle 3 to 4 times a week. So as long as I am applying progressive overload doing more reps or increasing the load over time, I will build muscle and doing more sets will not accelerate the process.

See, this is the problem with the internet.

You have someone who doesn’t seem to even understand the fundamentals of lifting weights from the statement about the duffel bag. But I bet he’s going to start arguing things like optimal ways to maximize protein synthesis because he read a couple of articles and thinks he knows more than the average “gym bro”.

[ifstatement]

Chris could you please let me know how to delete my account with T Nation? Thanks!

[Jason_Lee]

Criticism can be harsh here, but if you stick around you’ll learn a lot. Take your lumps, learn, and keep growing. To answer your original question though, try adding some more sets and see what happens. If you feel like you’re not getting enough volume then increase it.

[flipcollar]

there is no deleting. welcome to the internet. where the stupid things you say live forever and ever, well after you pass on to the next life.

[ifstatement]

There’s a difference between criticising and being a jackass. I’m not going to involve myself further with these types of people or community.

[anon50325502]

Can you post a video of you curling 88 pounds in a duffel bag with one hand before you go? Please.

[flipcollar]

dude, you got called out because you were saying a bunch of things that didn’t make sense, and you didn’t provide sufficient info to get help

[ActivitiesGuy]

Before this thread gets deleted, let me give a sincere round of applause to all involved. Bravo everyone.

[ActivitiesGuy]

Let us never forget the guy who did one handed duffel bag curls with 40 kilograms.

[Yogi1]

or the guy who adds his own bodyweight to his squat numbers

[Basement_Gainz]

Went to find a meme and googled “curling duffle bag” only to find out companies make duffle bags that hold the stone and the broom for the Olympic sport of curling. Oh well.

[mr.v3lv3t]

Sometimes I love the internet