Why am I struggling with higher reps?

[ronki23]

my 5RM / 1RM are:

Bench 135lb, 145lb
Overhead Press 80lb, 95lb
Squat: 205lb,220lb
Deadlift: 210lb, 220lb
Row: 80lb, 100lb
Power Clean:80lb,95lb

But my higher rep maxes are weaker- for lower body I do around 12 and 10 for upper body

Bench 110lb x 8
Overhead 75lb*
Squat 160x 12
Deadlift 160x8*
Row 70lbx 10
Clean and Press 75lb x 8

* I've been doing higher volume- Arnold Schwarzenegger's beginner workout 3x a week instead of 6x a week

Are my Deadlifts and push press (I only do it on Arnold's; on 3x5 I do strict) weak because Deadlifts are done after a set of 50 rep chins and barbell rows??

Is my push press weak because of my clean and press earlier?

And my bicep curls are weak; on 3x5 I couldn't even curl 45lb for 8 reps and now my curls are 40lb for 8

 

[Creepusmaximus]

That happens to everyone, more reps means less weight.

 

[ronki23]

That happens to everyone, more reps means less weight.

I know but this is a huge difference; going from 5RM down to 10RM is as much as 45lb difference (around 25lb for upper body and 45 for lower)

And when I was lighter I could do 30 push ups or 20 on my fist; but when I worked for strength and size and only did bench press for chest my fist push ups were only 6 reps and I struggled with 10 normal ones
Blur I can't bench bodyweight yet

 

[miked8c]

How old are you, like 6? These numbers belong to my kid sister.

If you DL 210 for 5 there is no way your 1RM is 220. You need to lift heavier weights, which will allow you to learn the correct way to prepare before a lift and how to leverage your body to actually lift heavier than a 5RM.

 

[ronki23]

How old are you, like 6? These numbers belong to my kid sister.

If you DL 210 for 5 there is no way your 1RM is 220. You need to lift heavier weights, which will allow you to learn the correct way to prepare before a lift and how to leverage your body to actually lift heavier than a 5RM.

160 is my 10RM
210 is my 5RM
220 is my 2RM

Same as squats

Bench is 115 for 10
140 for 5
150 for 2

 

[miked8c]

Get on Texas 5x5.

 

[upthebench]

That is pretty standard. 70% of your 1RM is roughly for 10 reps and you are doing roughly 75% for 8 reps on your bench press. So you are fine.

 

[ronki23]

Get on Texas 5x5.

Was on Rippetoes before (Nov-June) and then switched to Arnold.

What about Wendler? Don't really know how you program it though

 

[ronki23]

That happens to everyone, more reps means less weight.

Does it vary by person? Because my squats are 160 for 10 but 200 for 5. But I get tired when I am for 20 reps on blank bar warm ups. Even warming up for calf raises I get tired but with barbell I do 115lbx15.

And I can't bench bodyweight and only did 10 push ups but last year when I did only Bodyweight exercises and wrestle I could do 20 fist push ups. In 2009 I could do 30 push ups. But I was lighter and weaker then.

I only do jiu jitsu once a week for cardio though-perhaps poor cardio?

Or is it I neglected the slow twitch muscles?

Deadlifts are awful though-I can do 225 for 2 or 210x5 but after doing 50 reps on lat pull down followed by rows (80x10,6,4) I could only do 160 x 12. As mentioned my rows are crap too because I do 90x5 normally

 

[Creepusmaximus]

High rep training is different then one rep max. 20 reps in a set is a totally different ball game. I do high reps at times just to shock my body and do endurance training but that will not help strength at all. Period. If you're going for one rep max that is a different way to train and it doesn't involve 20 reps of anything.

 

[SMW235]

Do you drink lots of caffeine or PWO?


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[ronki23]

Do you drink lots of caffeine or PWO?


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Yes I drink a fair amount of caffeine- normally 1 or 2 cups of coffee a day or 1 cup coffee and 1 green tea. At minimum 1 coffee a day

 

[ronki23]

Ok, I trained today and did the following 6 exercises as I missed out a couple of sessions:

Squat. Blank bar x 20/ 165lb x 12/ 165lb x 10/ 165lb x 8
Bench Press. Blank bar x 18/ 115lb x 8/ 115lb x 5/ 115lb x 3 (same as last week but last week I started from a 'dead bench' position as the gym was busy)/ 2x45lb x 4 (if this was set 1 I could do 8 reps)
Barbell Row. 25lbs per arm x 12/ 77lb x 8/ 77lb x 8/ 77lb x 8/ 38lb per arm x 3
Overhead Press Blank bar x 12/ 65lb x 10/ 65lb x 6/ 65lb x 3/ 28lb per arm x 4
Upright Row Warm up/ 45lb x 10/ 45lb x 8/ EZ bar plus 25lbs x 7
Deadlift 45lb bar warm up/ 155lbs x 8/ 225lb x 1
Calf Raises 45lb bar warm up/ 110lb barbell x 15/ 165lbs-175lbsx 12 (Smith Machine bar + 130lbs)

As we can see on my overhead press, bench and squat my repetitions tend to run down with the same amount of weight. This doesn't seem normal as I should be getting more reps with the weight I use/ be using a bit more weight for the reps I get as my 5RM is 25lbs higher for all of them.