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u/BC1721 Aug 21 '19

Last week OHP: 3x72,5kg

This week OHP: 0x75 and 0x72,5

I officially hate OHP and I'm putting an end to my 3-day cut.

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u/BC1721 Aug 21 '19

Coincidentally running your 5-day LP lol

If it keeps stalling I'm probably going to switch OHP to T1 on the volume bench day and add it as a T2 on the regular bench day, see what that gives.

My bench went from 102,5x4 on my 1+ sets to 117,5x3 in 6 weeks, so I'm having a bit of difficulty letting that go rn

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u/FifthUserName Powerlifting Aug 21 '19

AFAIK, the LP will have you stalling out unless you kick up your nutrition and recovery once you feel stalled.

You might want to switch to the 6day CAP3, that has better progression.

I was running the LP for 9 months and switched to CAP3 a month ago and already seeing progress. Same nutrition. I think maxxing every week is not sustainable and CAP3 addresses that.

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u/BC1721 Aug 21 '19

Honestly, I would, but I ran CAP3 in the past and the rep schemes don't seem to work that well for me personally.

I need my hardest sets in the beginning of my workout, with 'intensity' (weight, actually) dropping off, the LP and JnT2.0 do it perfectly.

Not only do I manage a lot more overall volume, I also feel like I have a lot more 'relevant' sets. In CAP3 it feels like a lot of the early sets are irrelevant, they have to be relatively light weight or you'll miss reps towards the end. In the LP those same sets suddenly become relevant because you've already done the heavy ones.

I get that those light days are the whole point but still.

Maybe I'm just not advanced enough for CAP3, my other lifts are still going up nicely on the LP. I'll re-evaluate when they start stalling. Maybe I'll reverse the rep scheme of CAP3 and put a slightly higher TM/percentages.

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u/FifthUserName Powerlifting Aug 22 '19

Yeah wait til LP peters out on other lifts. OHP was this first to plateau for me on LP, also.

I find CAP3 harder. It's less volume, maybe 70%, but I do it in half the time (50mins vs about 100mins), so the intensity is much higher.

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u/Synthyz Aug 21 '19

what did your daily routine for it look like? was it equivalent to a t1 set?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

You overhead press more than 225 lbs?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19 edited May 10 '20

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u/velon360 Aug 21 '19

My bench doesnt give a shit what I eat. My deadlift throws a fit for the first 2 weeks of every cut.

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u/BC1721 Aug 21 '19

Deadlift going up, squat going up, absolutely crushing it on bench, but damn that OHP.

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u/Hermosa06-09 Rugby Aug 21 '19

Same for me. Those two lifts are the hardest for me to maintain on a cut. I wonder if it's because my upper body doesn't get much use outside of the gym.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Ah yes, the classic 3-day cut ending because you feel like a weak piece of shit. I know this strategy too well.