MY PROGRAM (PREPARE TO ☠️)

[mattvena]

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[whiteou.]

day 0 of asking matt vena to continue the programming series

[justinnewman]

It’s always a good idea to remind people that their favorite lifter’s program is just their favorite lifter’s program. to take anything from their programming is to assume you are them.

[scottwebster]

My problem with the Bulge-Aryan method was learning the secret handshake.

[joecowan]

What gets you to a particular total in your lifting journey is not what gets you to the next milestone. You need to adjust, often times less is more when you get strong enough.

[erikacook]

Makes me feel better that even someone like Matt goes through long plateaus. I did the same thing, overtrained to the point where a one plate deadlift wouldn't even move when I went to warm up. Just now managing load better and starting to PR again, although deadlifts are still kind of rough.

[joebot]

At 57 and still powerlifting, I found that you need times of conditiong (like lots of volume / little rest with lighter weights) to progress or in my case stave off injury and maintain.

[IgorMikeshin]

I have to watch every Matt's video twice. The first time I'm too distracted by his lifting

[georgesarreas]

I am not even a fan of powerlifting. Its just matt has great advice. Liking and commenting in his vids gets a good message out there. Hope this video reaches more people

[yuckoob]

Power Lifting: Scholar of The First Set

[jz-r]

You did more sets of bench a week than most people do in 2-2.5 months. That is absolutely mindblowing.
I had a similar experience with coming back to lifting after some time off and driving 25-31 sets of bench a week, and my bench exploded from 100x1 to 115x3 in 2 weeks. My previous max before time off was 102.5x1.
Obviously, everyone needs to find what works for them and stick with it, but do you think that driving excessive stimulus can rapidly increase acclimatization to a movement??
It's always been interesting to me.

[petehorn]

wait when did you start using a squat plug?

[russellmuscle]

I failed 500lbs in sleeves yesterday then got it in wraps

[MrPtrlix]

I'm also curious about your rep ranges and RPEs of the high volume stuff. Clarence's absolutely crazy program was also like 5x5 five days a week but at RPE9.

[stooge_mobile]

My homie just told me "It doesn't matter" in 3 minutes.
Still love you though.

[Jbradley]

This is a stupid question, but is each day for the 6 day a week program, a full body workout or is it based on muscle groups?

[user]

so basically, shouldn't be asking what program to get to a 500lb squat. should be asking instead what are you willing to try to get to a 500lb squat.

[Xeno_]

The number of working sets/training frequency must decrease as you get stronger. Your body's ability to recover will always be the limiting factor and it will stall pretty quickly as you get stronger. Think about it: doing 3 sets of 10 with 185 with 225lb 1RM then get stronger with 315 1RM. Your body probably cannot recover from 3 sets of 10 with 225lb with the same frequency. Very easy logic but people fail to see it. The rule of thumb is do as much and as heavy as your body can recover from.

[fuzzylogiceire]

How did you manage your recovery and how many calories were you taking in when you were doing that insane amount of sets per week? Were you designing these programs yourself or have input from a coach?

[crate]

why do you think that the lower volume started working? wouldn't that be a weaker stimulus?