A weird kind of fatigue

[chubz01]

Supposing you can do pushpress 70kg 8 times when you are TIRED but instead you take like 60kg but when you try to do like 15 reps you can only acheive 8 instead;same as if you would take 70kg.I have experienced this kindda thing before.

Like my body is only willing to heft heavier weights but not willing to move light/lighte rweights

[PullupAddict]

i think it is the mentality that u are tired and hence u subconsciously give shortcuts.Try to psyche urself up before every workout like imagining urself as ronnie coleman.

[Hardcore]

i agree is just mentality..

[hermanchauw]

May depend on the ratio of white:red fibers you have.

Higher white to red ratio: higher 1rm but poorer muscular endurance.

Higher red to white ratio: lower 1rm but better muscular endurance.

[doinker]

Need to Tekan both mentaly and physically. Overcome the ache and pain.

[ultimate]

chubz01 said:

Supposing you can do pushpress 70kg 8 times when you are TIRED but instead you take like 60kg but when you try to do like 15 reps you can only acheive 8 instead;same as if you would take 70kg.I have experienced this kindda thing before.

Like my body is only willing to heft heavier weights but not willing to move light/lighte rweights

Your muscles has adapted at beeing good at 8 reps with that heavier weight.

[chubz01]

Got such a thing?I wonder how many of you guys have that.Like i can do 20kg for 12 reps on dumbbell chest press but i do like 8 reps of 12.5kg chest press want to die liao(Not trying to boast)

[lok3]

I feel its more of physical fatigue holding u back instead of muscular fatigue. I had experimented it on myself for 8 wks and came to a conclusion ;D

Try doing Deadlifts with rep range 10-12 rep at maximal effort and at a rep mrange of 4-6 reps at maximal effort, you will find that the latter is easier for most as higher reps to a certain extent factor in ur cardiovascular fitness ;D

For ppl like Ultimate who run 5-10k regularly, that shouldnt be a limitation

[Greentea]

Have you consider about the tempo while using lighter weight ? because usually i tried lighter weight , "unconsciously" i might have a slower eccentric as compare to heavier weight , in which the tempo somehow is higher .

[Hardcore]

Please continue this here.

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Thanks