In back movements, whenever i’m in a set a very peculiar thing happens to me. I have an extremely good mind-muscle connection with my back, so in the first few reps my back gets pumped ALOT(usually by rep 5). I rest-pause my back movements(not to complete failure DC style, but i stop when my form goes to shit). The second rest-pause set it’s still pumped. By the third my back essentially deflates. I literally cannot feel it. Even after the set when retract my scapula i feel nothing. The problem with this is i can’t gauge whether the third+ rest pause set reps were effective.
@plateau and kaisermetal
I actually have a hard time feeling my back with lighter weights, i need a heavier weight or i just don’t get any feeling. So yeah, i guess it does happen with a lighter weight then; but with a lighter wieght it’s always deflated.
@pja
it’s not a one time occurance, it always happens. my mind can’t go blank that many times lol
Work on squeezing the holy fuck out of your lats during your warm-up exercises. I had the same(ish) issue with my lats for the longest time - until I started pre-fatiguing them. By pre-fatiguing them I feel like you basically can’t screw up and not use them - they will be on fire and you’ll probably be acutely aware of them, haha.
Work on squeezing the holy fuck out of your lats during your warm-up exercises. I had the same(ish) issue with my lats for the longest time - until I started pre-fatiguing them. By pre-fatiguing them I feel like you basically can’t screw up and not use them - they will be on fire and you’ll probably be acutely aware of them, haha.
And yes, even with rest-pause I’d recommend that.[/quote]
I’m gonna start pre-fatiguing my lats with kayak rows. And during my warm-up sets i ramp up with sets of 3 holding the contraction tightly. For some reason i lose my mind-muscle connection with higher reps, sucks.
Slightly off topic question, but what are kayak rows that everyone seams to be going on about lately? I’ve trying searching but all I can find is how to row an actual kayak.
[quote]deadliftgoal500 wrote:
In back movements, whenever i’m in a set a very peculiar thing happens to me. I have an extremely good mind-muscle connection with my back, so in the first few reps my back gets pumped ALOT(usually by rep 5). I rest-pause my back movements(not to complete failure DC style, but i stop when my form goes to shit). The second rest-pause set it’s still pumped. By the third my back essentially deflates. I literally cannot feel it. Even after the set when retract my scapula i feel nothing. The problem with this is i can’t gauge whether the third+ rest pause set reps were effective.
On a related note, i’ve noticed my lats pump up with low rep sets and don’t respond to higher reps at all. In today’s rest pause, i did 2 reps, rested 5 seconds, repeated until near failure. With higher reps, i physically can’t feel my lats, but with 2 rep sets i feel it immensely.
This is the exact opposite of what CT and most big guys recommend for lats. What gives?
[quote]deadliftgoal500 wrote:
On a related note, i’ve noticed my lats pump up with low rep sets and don’t respond to higher reps at all. In today’s rest pause, i did 2 reps, rested 5 seconds, repeated until near failure. With higher reps, i physically can’t feel my lats, but with 2 rep sets i feel it immensely.
This is the exact opposite of what CT and most big guys recommend for lats. What gives?[/quote]
by your nickname I would guess you have a preference for low reps, I think you’re jut better at targeting every muscle with low reps, because you’re more used to it.
[quote]deadliftgoal500 wrote:
On a related note, i’ve noticed my lats pump up with low rep sets and don’t respond to higher reps at all. In today’s rest pause, i did 2 reps, rested 5 seconds, repeated until near failure. With higher reps, i physically can’t feel my lats, but with 2 rep sets i feel it immensely.
This is the exact opposite of what CT and most big guys recommend for lats. What gives?[/quote]
That’s happenned to me with chest on bench a few times. I think it’s just the quality of the contraction. You probably aren’t deliberately squeezing your back hard with the lighter loads. Just a guess.