One Day Regression

[Aghori]

This happened to me first with deadlifts. After warming up and loading the bar with my working weight, I couldn't even break the bar off the floor. Assuming I added up the weights wrong and loaded too much, I recounted. Seeing that I had it right, I tried again, with the same result. I was very perplexed and recounted a couple more times. I had to deload by 10% to finish the set. On the next workout day, I was able to easily complete the set with the weight I had previously failed at.

This happens to me occasionally on deadlifts and Squats. Sometimes I just fail very early in the first set and wonder what the hell is going on. Does this happen do anyone else?

[BobTheBuilder]

You've probably advanced beyond the begginner stage. At my gym the routine is all about intensity, whether that be reps or sets. Do a couple of light workouts with higher reps or a bit heavier with lower reps. I have boxed squatted 160kg for a single but still find 3 sets of 3 at 110 challenging depending on how heavy the last workout was.

[atypical1]

It's normal. We all have good and bad days and that's OK. The key is to make overall progress over the long haul.

james