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I don’t think the general wisdom is to hit those PRs week after week when you move to advanced lifting anyway. As the weight increases that becomes far too taxi

I don’t think the general wisdom is to hit those PRs week after week when you move to advanced lifting anyway. As the weight increases that becomes far too taxing on the body (which is their point). You could do waves based training like 531 that moves forwards and backwards through a 3-4 week period, only hitting a heavy set that nears your max once in that period. Unless people are talking about pushing to their ultimate limits which still usually doesn’t involve hitting PRs every week. Hitting PRs every week is a linear progression thing that people newer to lifting experience since the body is actively creating muscle and neural pathways that were somewhat deficient previously. Correct me if I’m wrong!

michaelrpeskin 2y ago
Yeah, in my 20's I was more aligned with the "Bulgarian method" of PR every day (on a different lift). In my 30's I focused on longer waves - a month of 8's, a month of 5's, a month of 3's and then heavy singles to a PR. Now in my 40's I keep a consistent practice of heavy-but-not crazy (focusing near always hitting a 70% or so) and then in the summer when I have all the happiness that the sun give you I start ramping up and try for heavy singles in September and if a PR is in the cards, I'll give it a try. But my goal now is to never injure myself because I know I won't come back as strong. Consistency, longevity, and keeping muscle mass is my #1 goal and I don't never let my ego jeopardize that.