I have been doing 5/3/1 since Feb and this is the first time that I have missed. I went up 5 lbs like I am supposed to.[/quote]
You should be going up 2.5# on the bench and press not 5#.
No he’s saying you can’t hit 100# so that is above your max.
[quote]Started too heavy? Do you mean that day? That lift was the last set that day, I had no problem with the 75% or 85% totals that day. Just the 95%. Same with 90% the week before and 85% the week before that. The final sets were the ones sucking.
And to Bro Chris yes I hit 95Lbs for 3 reps.
To Ink, no did not get vid, I have been forgetting my camera when I go to the gym. :-/
I do need to work on my bench form yep.
edit If I am getting video of bench form should it be with deload weight or wait until it is week one weight, so it is heavier? [/quote]
Your form should be worked on with lighter weight.
I have been doing 5/3/1 since Feb and this is the first time that I have missed. I went up 5 lbs like I am supposed to.[/quote]
You should be going up 2.5# on the bench and press not 5#.
No he’s saying you can’t hit 100# so that is above your max.
[quote]Started too heavy? Do you mean that day? That lift was the last set that day, I had no problem with the 75% or 85% totals that day. Just the 95%. Same with 90% the week before and 85% the week before that. The final sets were the ones sucking.
And to Bro Chris yes I hit 95Lbs for 3 reps.
To Ink, no did not get vid, I have been forgetting my camera when I go to the gym. :-/
I do need to work on my bench form yep.
edit If I am getting video of bench form should it be with deload weight or wait until it is week one weight, so it is heavier? [/quote]
Your form should be worked on with lighter weight. [/quote]
I read it as 5 on bench and oh press and 10 on squat and deadlift.
I thought the idea of 531 was to work up to increasing your numbers, confused.
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
I read it as 5 on bench and oh press and 10 on squat and deadlift. [/quote]
The only thing that you really have to be cognizant of is that women tend to do more
reps at the same given percentage of their max as men. For example, let’s say a guy
can do three reps at 90% of his max; a girl might be able to get six reps. That’s just an
example, but hopefully you get the point. I would also highly recommend smaller
increments between lifts â?? use 2.5 pound and 5 pound jumps. (Page 144)
It is, but you’re increments seem to be too large.
95 x 3 x .0333 + 95 = (actual) 104#
104 * .90 = (working) 95#
Recalculate your working max to 95#. Then the next cycle, bump it up to 97.5, then 100 after that. Before too long you’ll be 225.
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
I have been doing 531 for almost 7 months should I not be at the stage were my numbers are above my old 1 rm by now???
Confused. [/quote]
How many cycles have you gone through?
What was your old 1RM?
What was the 1RM you used to calculate your working max?
What was your max you used to calculate your first cycle?
Thanks Chris for trying to help with the calculation stuff but I already had a plan in my head of how to deal with a fail. First repeat cycle then recalculate. Sometimes we just have bad weeks or months.
The difference between the last 4 weeks and before that is that I am working everyday.<–no exaggeration
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
Thanks Chris for trying to help with the calculation stuff but I already had a plan in my head of how to deal with a fail. First repeat cycle then recalculate. Sometimes we just have bad weeks or months.
The difference between the last 4 weeks and before that is that I am working everyday.<–no exaggeration[/quote]
Okay, just figured I’d help since I’d been using it since the original came out. :0
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
Thanks Chris for trying to help with the calculation stuff but I already had a plan in my head of how to deal with a fail. First repeat cycle then recalculate. Sometimes we just have bad weeks or months.
The difference between the last 4 weeks and before that is that I am working everyday.<–no exaggeration[/quote]
Okay, just figured I’d help since I’d been using it since the original came out. :0[/quote]
I know you were trying to help.
And I was just complaining.
Maybe I’m grumpy, but I just got to my cousins casa in Cz Repub. and her 8 month old marriage is a fucking disaster. Makes me never wanna do it[/quote]
No.
I would definately get married… but all the wedding bullshit is just bullshit. Mine would be totally different.
Its bad though like the mental critique starts DURING THE CEREMONY and only escalated. I had not such a good morning trying to get there so I had bitch goggles on too. But yeah, weddings per se are pretty lame.
I have been to only one wedding, and it was pretty traumatic.
Before it started, I went hunting for the bathroom, and I found it, and a whole lot more. In the hallway, the bride was cursing out her maid of honor REALLY BAD. I mean, this chick had no ass left after the ass chewing she got. Talk about bridezilla. Not sure what it was about, I caught only a few things like, “how could this not be ready!” and “I hate how this looks!” 10 minutes later, the bride began her journey down the aisle, and I thought, “this poor fucker marrying her.” I am sure he got a glimpse of her temper, but damn, I was traumatized and I didn’t even know her.
