03-16-2015, 12:07 AM
Good question...I stretch chest VERY aggressively for the same reasons you mentioned. This is one stretch that I feel more than almost any other stretch. I do weighted DB fly stretch after every chest training session. I could see that being a factor as well, so I'm glad you mentioned it, since I hadn't considered that at all in terms of overall stimulus.
As far as MR's, I do a TON of variation there, and that helps me with progression as well. I started out with about 3 or 4 main exercises, but now I have about 10 or so that I can rotate through. I also try to not come back to a lift for rounds within 3 or 4 weeks, and have found that that helps with overall progression (probably also why chest MR's still seem to grind higher even though loading sets are stalling). With Tier 2, I started out doing 2 pressing movements, but have since switched to a press and then a fly for my 2 chest exercises.
I'll keep you posted on the loading sets and let you know if it works for me. Good luck to you as well!
As far as MR's, I do a TON of variation there, and that helps me with progression as well. I started out with about 3 or 4 main exercises, but now I have about 10 or so that I can rotate through. I also try to not come back to a lift for rounds within 3 or 4 weeks, and have found that that helps with overall progression (probably also why chest MR's still seem to grind higher even though loading sets are stalling). With Tier 2, I started out doing 2 pressing movements, but have since switched to a press and then a fly for my 2 chest exercises.
I'll keep you posted on the loading sets and let you know if it works for me. Good luck to you as well!
(03-15-2015, 10:50 PM)Altamir Wrote: Glad to see I'm not the only one having this issue. One thing I touched on before that post and you did not in yours was stretching. How aggressively are you stretching your chest? By the end of the first blast I had gotten REALLY good at the weighted chest stretch and was doing to far to often. I was in love though, I would be incredibly sore and I was growing like I hadn't in a long time. It eventually took its toll and I came very close to severely regressing my first blast. 2nd blast I tried to be more intelligent about its placement, and it seemed to help.
Let me know what you try and what seems to work for you. And I'll do the same (either here or in my log, probably both). I'm nowhere near as advanced as you are, but I am also going to try iso before compound and see if that helps. I am also going to increase the variety of my chest muscle rounds. I think this may be an individual thing (right down to the muscle group). For my previous blast I did a total of 4 different lifts for my shoulders (for both loading, and MRs, different stuff for pump) and never saw better progress. Chest from blast 1 to blast 2 I added a few different MRs and saw some progress there. I'm going to add at least 3 or 4 more for my 3rd. Give the muscle more time before coming back to a lift to see if that will help stave off the stalling. Good luck!