This is getting into the nitty gritty here, and might not matter much when it comes to working out…but I wanted to ask anyways out of curiosity.
Let’s say I’m doing pendulum squats, and I have a goal of 10-12 reps. When I’m getting closer to failure during my set and the concentric starts to slow down, say on rep 10, sometimes I wait 5-10 seconds to try to get another rep in. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t.
Obviously a rep is a rep, but do these reps still count, especially when nearing the top end of your rep range before you increase the weight? In other words, say I get to rep 12 on my last set but had to wait those 5-10 seconds to get that 12th rep in, maybe even the 11th, is it still okay to go up in weight the following session? Or would it be recommended to wait until I don’t have to take a bit of a breather in order to get those last couple reps in?
I suppose what matters most is that you’re consistent across the board, but just wondering what you all think. Thanks!
I personally wouldn’t suggest it myself.
More likely or not if you go up in weight youll just end up doing rest pause reps again.
Wait until you " Master" that given weight and move on.
We called that “owning the weight.” IMO, that is a solid indicator to add weight (until you own that new weight.)
Yes… I just went with Master. Just because of personal preference. Sometimes I use Master other times owning.
We liked to use “own” because it added a little humor when someone was having trouble being accomplished handling their goal weight. We would say, “Looks like you are still making payments on that weight.”
Lol… I love that! Im using that the next time my oldest sends me a lifting video.
I heard from a youtube guy that this just keeps you from getting closer to failure which essentially makes it so you are repeating the same rep over and over. Like if you do 10 and the last one was really hard, then you wait 5-10 seconds to do the next one and it’s equally as hard as rep 10 then you essentially just repeated rep 10. The extra rep volume probably helps but I don’t think it helps as much as grinding the frick out of the 11th rep to get closer to failure
Another vote for the owning the weight indicator, but I actually do like the grit of still getting that 11th or 12th while you’re at it
Yeah really just a believer in hitting continuous reps. Chasing failure rather than running from it! It helps you stay objective with tracking as well