I’ve written many times that all would be stronger putting in true effort in heavy hard high rep lifting.
I’ve never completed the Sig Klein challenge, and with my planet fitness membership have access to the requisite bells but no higher.
For days I’ve had the mental thought “blow it out of the water”, I’ll get past 20 reps with much heavier bells.
I’ve lost most desire to lift barbells as I have no gym to lift barbells at. Yet, I could do select high rep “conditioned strength” stuff in the yard. Overhead squats. Clean & Press.
At pf I could take something like the 35s and c&p all day til it’s ridiculously easy (50-100+ reps girevoy style without mental effort) then jump bell size.
(Same philosophy applies to long sets of dumbbell deadlifts.)
Adding reps and weight to everything planet fitness has to offer.
Run with the ultra high rep philosophy.
Ultra high reps get you stronger, stronger than you could possibly imagine.
Machine sets 50+ reps, 100+ reps a set.
It works well for the glute girls.
Assisted pullups with less and less assistance/more and more resistance, rep ranges like 10×10 or 20+. Why not a set of 50 reps taking away one notch of assistance each time you hit it?
I’ve done over 100 dips before. Improvised location, the corner of the landing in front of my apartment door. It was solely honest effort into the movement.
It means I can do it again. Who says I should only do sets of ~25?
Triple digit sets with added weight is physically possible.
You can go very far when you use true honest effort. This requires no limiting beliefs. Limited equipment gets me here. It’s why improv training always works for me. It’s why planet fitness works for me.
I HAVE to be strong!
No barbell access? This put a chip on my shoulder.
You’re going to be a strong and conditioned individual going super high rep on everything available at pf.
This is my bodybuilding path at present, high reps, pf, red meat.
The simplest effective workout ever is to take one dumbbell and just clean & press all day long.
There’s a lot I can get from dumbbells and cables. I used to mostly shun them.
(I’ve seen some regulars getting seriously good results on a program which looks like cable and dumbbell only high reps, often supersets, and done in a manner I’d call “interpretive dance slight body momentum reps” – article for another time.)
I’ve gotten used to pf, having little urge to go back to a “real” gym.
2020?
They’ve got me under contract for about half the year, and while I’m in the area I intend to keep it active.
I enjoy the place. I’ve been making great gains accentuating my labor job with pf exercise.
2020 :
See how much can be done ultra high rep, working towards maxing out the gym, and making pf work.
Brother, when you’re going 50 reps with a weight most stop at 10 with (entirely possible) you’ll be far stronger than any powerlifting rep range will ever get you.
(Though you can do your high reps in a number of manners, light weight slow and controlled, medium weight at normal speed, as heavy as possible at the rep range, as many reps as possible, one set, multiple sets, it’s all good, use them all, I didn’t even list them all.)
50+ reps a set, as much weight as possible equals being the strongest person you’ll ever come across.
75lb DBs, machine stacks, plates on the smith machine, dips/pullups (with and without the dip belt) –
My trick hasn’t been to be strong in spite of the high reps, my truth has been to be strong BECAUSE of the high reps.
I only just recently put the above 2&2 together. High reps 4 serious gains! Punny, but serious.
Try it! Honestly work in this manner!
Persistence & Tenacity