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Originally Posted by Ark2
Okay, it's my first day between Workout A and B and I've got a couple of questions:
1) I'm pretty damn sore from the squat and deadlift exercises. Considering that I normally have DOMS for at least 2-3 days, is it alright to do squats tomorrow when I do Workout B even if I am still sore?
Yup. I would just spend a little more time on the warm up.
2) My chest isn't sore at all. This kind of has me concerned as I have been doing bench press with DB's for a while now and I have been stuck at 65lb DB's for over a month now. As such, I doubt that I will be able to experience novice gains on the bench press with a barbell. Any suggestions here?
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After 3 workouts of not hitting your 3 sets of 5 with the prescribed weight, rest by 10 % and work up again. You could even drop a little more...try at 55 lbs...how much were you increasing your weight between workouts on the bench? Did you try micro loading...only adding 1 lb etc?
BTW, do you have the book? Rip addresses all these questions in the book. If you don't I highly recommend getting it as you will see the best results having all the info instead of trying to piece it together online.