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Guys it's true that I'm not very strong (strict curl around 28kg per arm, Floor Press ~43kg per Arm, DL ~180kg) but it took me a LOT of time to establish this theory. It's only in the second quarter or 2009 that I have been able to put my theory into practice. Before that I had to test a lot of variables and there are still a few tests to do. 2008 was very bad I under-trained and lost a lot of strength/muscles. Now I have to be patient (not increase the load too fast) and I'll make major progress. The second semester of 2009 will be the proof that my theory and method work.

You aren't moderator and your are the one disrespectful. I have answered all your questions with the respect due to you and I report my workouts with 100% of honestly (rounded back DL, loss of strength when it happens, results of the tests, etc). If someone should leave the forum or be banned that's not me.

How could you have undertrained then but not now when you're doing 1 rep per exercise.

You could make major progress. If you knew what a proper progression was. You have automatically thrown out double and triple progression by limiting everything to one set and one rep. The only people that follow a single progression are absolute beginners and even then it is a short period until other means are required.

Something else worth mentioning is that your 'progression' may be nothing more than flucatuations in ability. Let's see where your progress is in 6 months.

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Because in 2008 I had to test the LOAD. I wanted to see if ONE REP at 80% of the 1RM was OPTIMAL or not. F=MA so even if the load is lighter Acceleration might have compensated the load. It tooks me months to realize it was not the case because at the begining I made REgains at 80% and I thought I was making progress... until the "progress" stop. It's only then after months wasted than I realized that 80% and even 85% and 90% were not enough to provide a stimulus, only enough for REgains. At 95% I have been able to make progress, NEW PR. In 2009 I also tested 100% and I overtrained (lost strength again). Then I tested 100% with a VERY low frequency (a la Heavy Duty) and it failed too, I made minimum progress.

I don't understand why you think that a double progression is needed, why not simply add weight as you get stronger ?

At least One Rep at 95% can maintain strength and in my opinion and experience it is enough to make NEW GAINS. You are right I need to see if Great Gains are possible. So you are free to follow my LOG or not, to follow my adventure.

There WILL be a point in time where you won't be able to keep adding weight. You can't expect to keep adding weight all the time, that is the hardest progression to maintain. Maybe it hasn't happened yet but it will.

What happens if you can't add any weight to an exercise? You do the same weight, right? But what happens if that continues for an extended period of time. The law of diminishing returns will be kicking in hard. But if you got stuck at a weight and performed an extra rep, or set, you're still providing the progessive overload needed for growth.

If that's happen it would imply that there is a major mistake in my theory. I'm more afraid of over-stimulation than under-stimulation. Now all my working weights feel easy and are very close to 95% of my 1RM. I'll add weight slowly to be sure to not lift beyond 95% which would quickly lead to strength loss. This time I think I'm wise enough.

Workout n°5/181 (n°181 = 31.12.2009)

Deadlidt: 145
Curl L: 26
Curl R: 26
Floor L: 41
Floor R: 41

For Workout n°181 my goals (95%) are :

Deadlift: 185kg
Curl L/R: 32kg
Floor L/R: 50kg

It would be PR on every lift (and only represents 95% of my 1RM). We'll see how it goes.

BINGO!

Honestly, you don't have enough training experience or even knowledge base to be doing this type of 'experiment'.

Who would've thought lifting very heavy weights, ie. 95%+, would lead to a strength loss! Here I am thinking it would make me stronger.