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Originally Posted by Hrdgain81
This would be good for hypertrophy, but when you switch gears to strength training I wouldnt use this. I have read and personally believe that when strength training, you want to finish as heavey as possible. It seems like your sending the wrong message to your muscles when "repping out" if your strength training.
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I see your point. But, that's the same as saying Westside shouldn't do the sets of 8-12 reps for your accessory muscles after lifting heavy building up to your 1-3 RM's. Lifting for strength builds your neural efficiency, and IMO throwing in some hypertrophy is a good idea, especially for Dave since his goal is moving from strength to hypertrophy.
Doing a rest/pause for chest does build a lot of strength, but the focus is hypertrophy..Especially with the 3 mini-rest/pause sets. What Dante recommended was a good way to achieve added hypertrophy that is actually attainable (IMO it's the only exercise that could work after smoking your chest with rest/pausing).
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Originally Posted by Hrdgain81
I'm using a similar routine right now, my first three movements are the same. Personally, going from incline RP to overhead press is exhausting. And the worst part about it is the smith machine. The one in my gym doesnt have any pulleys, and the bar actually wieghs close to 80lbs. So you look like a girl with nothing on the bar hahahaha and its heavey as shit.
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I agree..Definately not easy, but very attainable. If you are doing a very low incline for rest/pausing, then it'll make the standing military presses easier. I love the order of exercises because after the loaded stretches for chest, I don't need to warmup for standing military's. I just load up the bar and go to town. The smythe machine at my gym has the pulley's, so whatever you load onto the bar is the actual weight you use...I personally would rather a heavy bar so I know what weight I'm actually pressing instead of having to do the math! For instance, when I load up the bar with 3 plates per side, it's only 270 lbs!
