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Originally Posted by cookie
I still think your volume in the shirt is too low, but you know that, and both approached can work.
But after your meet I would suggest doing some 5x3 to airboard or to chest with 80-90 % of max, just test it for about a month and discard it if it does not work for you.
What you might not be aware of is that I am almost 53 years old and I am still not 100% recovered from two procedures I had done in September (neck and left knee). I still have a bulging disc in my neck, every disc in my neck is degenerative and I have a damaged (stretched out) ligament in my neck from a whiplash I had probably when I was 17. If you watch some of my DL videos that are fairly difficult, you will usually see my head cocked to one side. This is probably because of the messed up neck ligament.
My body is only capable of doing so much before breaking down. I have already had to scale back using my full setup only to my heaviest warmups and work sets in order to reduce stress on my neck, hips and low back. I pay close attention when I feel something isnt right, like last Sunday, and I have to shut workouts down entirely or scale back a lot. Significant volume is something I think might never happen for me again. Maybe it will someday, but I am not ready for it yet. If/when I can increase bench volume, I will. I'd love to increase squat volume too.
Edit: usually when we do air board work, it is raw. Trying some of it in a shirt might be something good - it might even break my tight shirt in a little more.