[–] 3 points 10 months ago

It's hard to track progress if you are changing things.

Pick a set of exercises for your PPL and apply a progression scheme. Do that for 4 months. Then change your rep ranges and maybe swap out a few stale exercises. Do that for 4 months. Keep repeating that and you will start to see results, have information about your lifts and start to understand what training styles your body responds to.

Having a spotter is a good idea if you are maxing out but really, you shouldn't be maxing but maybe twice a year. And maybe when you first get started so you know what failure feels like, like gun to head can't do one more failure. After that, leaving a rep or two in the tank on each set is fine(maybe don't amrap on squat and benchpress for example). If you practice the movement with light weight, add weight slowly and know your limits you'll be fine.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    In my opinion one needs to experience lots of different splits and exercises to fully understand what works for them, so be patient, this is the marathon of marathons. It will take time to learn what exercises and rep ranges work best for you.

    Also, look into planning out your training schedule longer term, where you plan to go through different cycles and rep ranges. What is your progression scheme? As for being sore, you either aren't training hard enough(do you do rpe or rir?) but most likely your form isn't necessarily bad but you aren't focusing on the muscle you are trying to train.

    Deadlifts aren't as dangerous as people want you to believe but form is important. Stiff leg or Romainin deadlift are good too, with slightly less stress but still, watch a bunch of videos on form, keep your back flat, chest wide and up, and pull the weight. Start with some light weight and practice form, just like on everything else.

    Do you track your lifts in any way that you can see changes in weights and or reps over time?

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