Lately I have been experimenting with adding more lower intensity, higher volume to my workouts. Not low intensity, just lowER intensity, still probably much higher intensity that most of the pussies out there. Basically what I am doing is picking two or three main movements and right now hitting them for at least ten sets and then maybe a couple finishing exercises thrown in at the end for four or five sets. For example, my leg workout yesterday looked like this: Leg extensions: 10 sets of 15-20 reps Front squats: 10 sets of 5-8 reps Belt squats: 10 sets of 10 reps GH Raise: 5 sets of 12 reps Standing abs: 4 sets of 10 reps A back workout I did last week looked like this: Power snatch: 10 sets of 3 reps Shrugs: 10 sets of 15 reps Pull-ups: 10 sets of 5 reps Inverted rows: 5 sets of 12 Hammer High Row: 5 sets of 12 What I want to do is eventually get up to 15 - 20 sets for the main exercises. "But Stevey P isn't this going to overtrain you?" Shut up! It's just something I plan on doing for a short phase just to challenge myself both physically and mentally and ad some spice to my training. I have to keep myself in top shape because now I have a grandson. The plan is that in six or seven years from now when they have one of those "bring your grandparents to school" days I'll be the only one there with a 60" chest, a 2000 raw total, bloody shins, an EliteFTS t-shirt tucked into my dad jeans, driving an overly loud, jacked up pick-up truck who is flirting with the teacher. I know, I aim very low in life.      

Steve Pulcinella
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