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Originally Posted by Dlove
Damn that is strong for shoulders milk. I can tell from your pic your shoulders are your strong point. That is going to help a lot to bring up power and size in your chest the better you get with PL style bench.
I am still a little confused why Wendler calls out for high reps on the last set of the compound exercise? I thought the name of the game was to go heavy. 14 reps is like burning out on the last set. I do that for chest and it is helping bigtime. %'s really seem to be the name of the game with this program otherwise it might not work out to well. I really am stoked to follow this man thanx/ Sorry to post whore your log here I have a feeling im gonna learn a ton and this might really help me. However I don't know how to judge a real 5 rep max if your burning out on the last set? Quess base it off the second to last set.
So really 5/3/1 is really watching and progressing on that second to last set? Sorry dude this program is a little confusing. I have been looking over at IM at different dudes logs and it seems theres a lot of Variations. Being the perfectionest that you are, lol I like reading yours cause Im sure your following his E-book to the tee. Still wondering if the last set burning out in a high rep range will be beneficial for me?
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I wouldn't really call it a burn out set. Here's how I understand it. Wendler goes on a little rant about how he used to be fat and unable to do normal daily tasks, but he was a strong as a fucking ox. He seemed to say that wasn't the way you want to be and rather you should train for strength in all aspects of lifting/life. I think that is why the 1RM estimate is so important, because according to the formula, I improved a great deal today. I calculated my 1RM to be 195lbs, but
150 x 14 x .0333 + 150 = 220lbs... a huge improvement!!! Granted I think that my 1RM for the Standing Military Press was underestimated because I did them after Squats, but even so, whatever.
The real test of strength is in the 3rd week of training in which you do 95% of your training max as many times as possible. I don't know the exact quote, but he says something like completing the # of reps prescribed is doing what is asked of you and completing more reps is improvement... or something like that.
I supposed that because he says you should take conservative 1RM's to begin with and use 90% of that, you're going to be pumping out some higher reps in the beginning. Once you get into weeks 2 and 3, where you're shooting for sets of 3 and even 1 (working with 90 and 95 percent of 1RM) you're going to see the largest improvements with the heaviest weights.
And believe me, you're not a thread whore. I really appreciate you asking questions and giving your take on things. If people didn't ask questions, I'd be talking to myself.