It's normal for the reps to lower.
and
The progression was increased in muscle development. The more weight you add the more muscle fibers it recruits and the more it makes it develop. 10-8-6 will have less muscle development then 8-5-3. That's why when you reach your 10-8-6 you should up the weight and start, again, from 8-5-3 and make the iron whimper until you completely kick it's ass until you bring it to 10-8-6.
How's that for a "crack at it"?
I am not going to address your answer, quite yet. But, it is a good answer. I am going to wait a bit longer and see if we get any more replies. Then I will address each answer specifically.
I usually follow the Harris Benedict formula which tells me what to eat and I >assume< it suggests to eat this same amount each day, which I think is total BS. ^ That's what I mean by the long term method.
Like I said before, the approximators do a good job in approximating calories, but the problem (at least IMO) it doesn't address the fluctuating activity level per day, instead it "blankets" them.
I think is fairly simple logic.
I mean if you are doing a full body workout, working (employment), and cardio, in one day and need 3,000 calories (MT range, EXAMPLE).
Then and on another day (none of the activities EXIST: day off from work, day off from your workout, day off from cardio), and eat 3,000........but since the activity went down (and in this EXAMPLE the calorie drop "could be" quite dramatic).
One could "theoretically" be "eating over" and not know it, and be a "potential" factor in weight loss stagnation, no?
Simple logic to me. And, its what I followed throughout my fat loss quest. This is not withstanding recoverability (which of course nutrition assist with) and being careful with your calories (and type of calories) when using this method.
A good starting point is to obtain a approximation of your calories (as you should know). Determine your
Base Need of calories, and then your approximated calories with activities considered (
Activity Need), and then between your approximated
Base Need and your
Activity Need, you operate the
numeric slider in terms of an
appropriate deficit according to your activity level, to solicit potential fat loss.
Now, what you do, is just use the same approximator, but you just use a "different multiplier according to your activity" (it simply isn't that complicated as it sounds), and adjust these numeric values--dependent on your bodily feed back.
What can be complicated, is adapting to your feed back--from these numeric calorie numbers, and deciding to go: up or down (while manipulating corresponding activity level-which is a sort of a different write).
Give me your personal particulars.....and lets do you "specifically" and see what we come up with.
DIET is King and PROGRESSION is the Queen. Forever united in love! ........LOL..........>
Best wishes
Chillen
