Am I doing enough?

[Heathwood]

After quite a few months of bumbling around trying a few different things, I've come back to a low rep routine; an adaptation of 5x5 I guess.

Perhaps due to my age (44) and build/weight (ecto/70kg) I find this suits me best but sometimes I wonder whether I'm doing enough. Today, for example, I only managed deads and T bar rows, both 5x5, albeit after some warm up weights and apart from a few rounds on the punchbag I was done in.

It felt hard, but seeing my output on paper afterwards looked a bit pathetic. So, am I doing enough do you think or is that a stupid question?

[Lozw86]

What are your goals?

Are you progressing towards them?

[Heathwood]

Lozw86 said:

What are your goals?

Are you progressing towards them?

Ah yes, fair point and largely the reason for my stupid question comment.

In truth, I'm not that unhappy with where I am. I'd like a bit more muscle and a tad less fat but wouldn't everybody?! No, with 2 young kids, sleep depravation and a full time job, if I can get into the gym a few times a week and move slowly in the right direction then I'm ok with that.

I guess my question was more general; when working around 90-95% of 1rm, is my volume too low to have any discernible affect?

[272BHP]

5x5 deadlifts and T bar rows is enough for anyone.

If it feels as though it isn't it means you didn't challenge yourself appropriately.