TangoDown
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So I'm returning to HST with a cluster variant that AlexAustralia dreamed up for me and I'm excited to see the strength gains I'll make (as my primary goal is strength, but I know that muscle plays a big part in that).
Now I've been on SD since my last session on the 11th. I want my SD to be 9 days. However, on Friday (the 12th), I PNF'd my hip flexors, stretched out my hamstrings, and restarted a rehab program on my crummy ankle via a resistance band to get it stronger.
I soon realized that this might compromise my SD, so I went searching, and I found a couple of threads here from 2003-2006 where the consensus was that one shouldn't even stretch during SD because stretching would create RBE.
Now the loads I'll be working with when I start the cycle will be heavy - a couple of notches under my 5RM. So with that, would the loads I put my lower body through with stretching be high enough to affect gains as to the higher loads I'll be starting with? I also haven't SDed since Janurary-ish since I have been doing Madcow 5x5 and decided to deload most times.
So can I keep doing mobility work? If not, should I extend out my SD? I don't want to SD for too long because I don't want to lose strength when I'm starting at such high weights at the start of the cycle.
Now I've been on SD since my last session on the 11th. I want my SD to be 9 days. However, on Friday (the 12th), I PNF'd my hip flexors, stretched out my hamstrings, and restarted a rehab program on my crummy ankle via a resistance band to get it stronger.
I soon realized that this might compromise my SD, so I went searching, and I found a couple of threads here from 2003-2006 where the consensus was that one shouldn't even stretch during SD because stretching would create RBE.
Now the loads I'll be working with when I start the cycle will be heavy - a couple of notches under my 5RM. So with that, would the loads I put my lower body through with stretching be high enough to affect gains as to the higher loads I'll be starting with? I also haven't SDed since Janurary-ish since I have been doing Madcow 5x5 and decided to deload most times.
So can I keep doing mobility work? If not, should I extend out my SD? I don't want to SD for too long because I don't want to lose strength when I'm starting at such high weights at the start of the cycle.
