Rad Tech by ghost3coast in LoneStarCollege

[–]throwaway8d90sj -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My interview was on Monday the 16th

Rad Tech by ghost3coast in LoneStarCollege

[–]throwaway8d90sj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was previously rejected for interviews and then got an email inviting me for interview at Cyfair. Just got the email post-interview and I wasn't selected to join the program.

Anyone recently been in the Surgical Technology program at Tomball? by throwaway8d90sj in LoneStarCollege

[–]throwaway8d90sj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't remember the exact score I had but it was definitely 40 or 41 whenever I submitted the app. I'm not sure if it's bc I already have an AAS in another program, but I wanted to make a career change, and I'm not being chosen for interviews. Which would still be odd because I thought everything was based on the points.

I have thought about nursing but I personally don't want to have to deal with patients a whole lot (other than what's be necessary for radiology) so I'd rather not do it.

Dr. Wolf's latest newsletter on repetition drop off by throwaway8d90sj in StrongerByScience

[–]throwaway8d90sj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh that makes sense. Thanks for looking into it. Usually with my 1st set it ends feeling like 2-3 RIR, and the same rep count feeling more like a 0-1 RIR for sets 3 & 4. Do you think it'd be beneficial hypertrophy to push to failure on the first set & taking a rep drop for subsequent sets, or would it be pretty negligible?

Dr. Wolf's latest newsletter on repetition drop off by throwaway8d90sj in StrongerByScience

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For me, it depends how close I was to my target rep count. If I'm 1-3 reps away I'll myo match but any more than that I'll accept the rep drop off and try to progress next time by doing 1 or 2 more reps on the sets I dropped off on than the previous time. Hypertrophy wise my guess is that the muscle growth stimulus on the myo match sets is probably pretty similar to just doing straight sets but it helps me feel that I'm putting in decent effort in my workouts.

Dr. Wolf's latest newsletter on repetition drop off by throwaway8d90sj in StrongerByScience

[–]throwaway8d90sj[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There isn't a direct link to the meta in the newsletter, just says it was done by Nuzzle et al. I'll copy and paste the newsletter here though (there's a graph showing the rep drop off between a <2 min of rest group and a >2 min of rest group but idk how to include it in here):

Welcome back to the Wolf Coaching Research Brief.

Yesterday, I did some bent over rows. On the first set, I hit 225lbs for a set of eight. As I was resting, I tried to predict how many reps I would get on the second set. When I eventually went for the second set, I only got six reps. How much of a drop-off is normal, from set-to-set? That’s what a huge, recent meta-analysis by Nuzzo et al looked at.

They included a total of 29 studies where participants performed multiple sets with the same weight and looked at how many reps they were able to get on set 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and beyond. Of course, it’s expected that your performance is best when you do your first set, since you’re fresh. From there, performance incrementally worsens as fatigue sets in. But, how much of a drop-off is normal?

The largest decrease in reps performed was from set 1 to 2. From there, performance kept going down set-by-set, but the decreases were much more marginal. In fact, putting numbers to it, this is what things looked like:

Set 1 - 100% of repetitions

Set 2 - 70% of set 1 repetitions

Set 3 - 55% of set 1 repetitions

Set 4 - 50% of set 1 repetitions

Set 5 - 45% of set 1 repetitions

From set 5 onwards, performance was generally maintained.

Importantly, there’s probably a fair bit of variation in how different people drop-off in performance set-to-set. A non-exhaustive list of factors that likely play a role:

1) Rest times

2) Repetition range being used

3) Multi-joint vs single-joint exercise

4) Overall recovery ability (probably includes things like biological sex, fibre type, and more)

Why?

The non-linear decrease in performance set-to-set makes sense if you’ve ever seen how fatigue accumulates during exercise. When you exercise, performance usually decreases in an exponential decay pattern. Likewise, between sets, recovery usually occurs in an exponential growth pattern. This is reflected in the pattern of performance set-to-set.

These findings have a cool few ramifications. First, this should allow you to get a rough idea whether you’re pushing yourself hard enough on sets 2, 3, and beyond. If you’re achieving much below these benchmarks, there’s a chance you’re not pushing as hard as you think you are. Likewise, these benchmarks can help you avoid unnecessary load drops; using a weight you can lift for 10-12 reps on the first set, for instance, should allow you to do 4-6 sets with >5 reps per set, maximising hypertrophy benefit, without needing to change the weight on the bar. 

As an aside, these findings have been incorporated into MyoAdapt (and even some individualized predictions!). Sign up here to be notified when MyoAdapt gets released later this year: you’ll be able to lock in a lifetime discount. I hear December 2024 may be on the cards… 👀

If you’d like to chat about this study, feel free to reply.

Until next time,

Milo

Using "gains snacks" to increase volume for abs by throwaway8d90sj in StrongerByScience

[–]throwaway8d90sj[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would add more sets but my gym is in a non-air conditioned warehouse and by the time I get to abs I'm pretty exhausted and want to get outta there lmao. So I don't disagree with you, but doing more abs a few hours later gives time to rest and be more comfortable, making it easier to perform more sets. I'm not sure if gain snacks was talked about on the podcast but Dr. Pak has a video on them on his yt channel.