With that last set of military presses, done today after work, I’ve pressed every day this month.
From my first 225+ lb press on the 19th, to just doing an amrap with somewhere from 135 to 165lbs most days.
The way I’ve found best to get stronger has always been frequency.
Daily pushups, squats, deadlifts, power cleans, pullups, benching, pressing – high frequency with a lift works very well for me.
Day to day your strength varies, but as John Broz says, you’re looking for getting stronger on any given day consistently over the long term.
My most current 1rm is far from my genetic potential.
I’ve pressed 205 cold before, done it here and there over the past few years – when 205 was the heaviest I’d ever pressed and at best for around a triple.
I’ve been repping 185 cold for a couple years longer than that.
There’s no reason I can’t press a daily max/have regular walk around strength heavier than I can press now.
Have a “struggle” day (like today’s or yesterday’s set) move from 6-7×155 to 6-7×205 or 225 or heavier.
That’s a good indication of strength – what you can lift after being on your feet all day.
I’m continuing to press daily, it’s been the 30 days of September plus I believe the last day or two of August.
As is I have an optional stop date in mind in late October, but hell, maybe I’ll press indefinitely as long as I’m near my weights.
Travel is the main headache for a rigid squat every day protocol for instance.
But a dumbbell could substitute for the barbell out of the car as far as pressing 🙂
I know that I’ll always be stronger than my training, yeah about two weeks ago I pressed 230, whereas 6-7x155lbs has been a moderate challenge after work (10+ hours in kitchen heat on my feet) and somewhat dehydrated the past couple days – so I know I’m stacking the strength gains by putting in effort regardless of what the weight is on the bar.
High frequency with effort will put your training in alignment.
Inadvertently I’m training to be a solidly built 220 or 242 powerlifter – I’ve pressed daily for a month, been eating broccoli and ground beef daily for a week and a half, and now sweat in the kitchen full time.
Sometimes chasing gym shit is the wrong approach.
Just do work. A bunch of small steps in the right direction, and stuff starts lining up.
Probably a couple weeks now of daily deep knee bends – my quads are larger.
Daily neck bridge = thicker, stronger neck
All the clean and presses is really giving me a moderately sized, nicely shaped, thick front to back, dense traps.
more pressing = more shoulders
Broccoli is doing my body good.
I say man in his natural state labors 10+ hours a day on his feet, or has little activity lounging days where he lifts heavy things.
The more naturally you live, the more optimal you operate.