Ah, not again..

[spatts]

Exaclty, B. I think maybe he was spent.

 

[leatherface]

Ok, on ME day how I like to work up to a 1RM is like this, i do easy weight, 3 sets of 5 reps, then move to 3 reps then 1 rep until i hit a 1 rep max.. example would be.. what i did for deadlifting

45 x 5
135 x 5
205 x 5
255 x 3
285 x 3
325 x 3
360 x 1
365 - miss

Now remember, i was planning on like a 400lb pull so thats why i went for 325 x 3. Usually it takes 3 singles for me to reach my 1RM. I try to make it so that my last set of 3 reps is kinda of hard, but i could put up 4-5 if i wanted to.

 

[spatts]

I'd do 325 x 1, then 365 x 1. By doing 360 then 365, it's almost like testing your 2 rep max at 362.5...if that makes sense. I bet if you hadn't just pulled 360, you could've gotten 365 or 370.

 

[Thaibox]

I think my last 1rm attempt was something like

3 sets of light GMs
45 x 5
135 x 8
225 x 3
405 x 1
585 x 1
405 x 3

I've always made sort of big jumps. Anyone think that's bad

 

[revexrevex]

It could be just bad day. The first time I pulled a 405 deadlift, I couldnt repeat it for the next 4 workouts! It would always stall. Just take a break from deadlift for a while.

 

[leatherface]

I think what im going to TRY, is just adding some flat bench sets and some full ROM deadlifts every other week, into my routine. If that doesn't work ill take that out and try something else. If it does, then problem solved .

On a sidenote, my squat is still going up tremendously though. 3 weeks ago i was doing box squats and pulled 315 x 3, but the last rep was extremely hard. My weak point was out of the pocket so since then ive been doing some low(6") box squats and working on explosivness, and today i pulled 335 x 3 pretty easy(not super easy, but i could have pulled out another rep or 2), and my sticking point seems to be towards the top now instead of the bottom.

Ok, lets say my 1RM on something is 350, how would you do that for ME day? usually I would do something like this
45 x 5
135 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 3
250 x 3
275 x 3
305 x 1
330 x 1
350 x 1

just curious how you other WS'ers would do it.

 

[Thaibox]

It could be just bad day.

Thats what I'm thinking

45 x 5
135 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 3
250 x 3
275 x 3
305 x 1
330 x 1
350 x 1

I'm not a WS'r, but that seems like a lot of unecessary work to me(if your goal is the 350 single)

 

[leatherface]

But aren't some of those sets before the 1RM supposed to be work sets of some sort? They don't wear me down too much, the only ones i have slight trouble with would be the last set of 3 reps and the new 1rm.

 

[b fold the truth]

The idea is to hit a 1RM!!!!

B True

 

[Thaibox]

The idea is to hit a 1RM!!!!

Thats what I was saying leather

If goal for the workout is to hit a new PR, then why do any more than absolutely necessary to prepare you to hit it?