Back to the CERSA Basement Gym!

After a long hiatus of home-gym training, I am back in the CERSA gym! I realize that single-dumbell has some rather severe disadvantages.

1) You can't really squat heavy.
2) The rotational torque on the spine can worry a weary back.
3) It's hard to get that whole body exhilaration.
4) It's particularly [unfairly] heavy on the shoulders.

But otherwise, it seems it maintained my explosive pulling quite well, and my shoulder strength and wrist strength is up too!

Right now, I'm doing some basic reintroductory work. OL Squats, Pause Squats, OL Presses, Bench Presses, Long Bent-Over Rows... all just repping out six then upping the weight til I'm down to moderately easy triples. Just getting the groove back.

I've found, one has "training comfort zones," which are important to observe as either ruts or zones of high performance. I for instance work very well with 2-6 reps. Anything more than six reps gives me a horrible feeling of malaise -- though I do go up to 12 reps for some exercises, to torment myself. Also, doing more than 4 sets of anything generally becomes a drag, but I can work an exercise daily when I choose to.

I think it would aid anyone to take note of one's comfort zones in terms of reps, sets, workouts per week, workouts per bodypart per week, etc., and to make sure that while one is not confined by them, one takes advantage of the groove one settles into when working them.