The OP has tremendous form in the exercises he shows in this thread.
It's not how much you can lift but how you lift it. Saves your joints excess wear and tear plus reduces the chances of injury as well.
Eons ago I used to train 3 days on 1 day off. Hitting each body part twice a week. About 2 hrs a workout. High carbs was they way we were told to go.
Can't tell you how much brown rice and pasta I've eaten in my life, lol. We regularly consumed these Carbo Power drinks after a training session.
The drinks were comprised of maltodextrin. So in this case corn syrup. Man you couldn't eat worse if you tried looking back on it.
And tuna. Used to buy it in bulk. A case at a time. That's a lot of mercury. Tested off the charts years latter. No wonder.
So I massively over trained and ate terribly, lol. But that was the mantra.
That's what the comic books or shall I say muscle magazines espoused so that's what we did. Then there was the Weider Training Principles......
Today we know different. Nutrition is for most people about 70% of the game. The main thing is to not over train. The days of the two hour workouts are over. Once your adrenals start flooding your system with cortisol you are in a catabolic state. And that ain't good.
Everybody will respond different to training There's no sure fire way that is universal. It's all trial and error. My favourite lift was deadlifts. Used to hit the old Monster Gym off Ronson at 3 in the morning for a session with a buddy of mine. Was one of the first gyms that was open 24 hours. Good times. Didn't give much thought to circadian rhythms in those days,lol. Oh and the dumbells went up to 200lb's at Monster.Saw A guy doing overhead dumbell presses with the 160's once. He had two guys hand them to him with much difficulty I might add. Neck harnesses were a thing then as well. My friends and I were all trying to get that 20 inch neck......Never heard of sleep apnea till much later.
Thank You. The older I got the more I realized its extremely important to leave your ego at the door and focus on form.
Time under Tension has been working great as well.