[quote]John Spartan wrote:
I put it here just to not overload the board…
Lets say that I screwed with the numbers in the previous cycle, what is better for me once I have to calculate the new numbers, take a step back and work with lower weight or use the numbers I trained with to find the new percentages?And with this program we still use the same golden rule of calculating all the percentages on the 90% of our real max, right?Greetings from Italy.
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I would ask this in it’s own thread but…
For me, it would depend on how I stuffed the calculations.
I would take one of my PR sets from the last cycle and plug that number into a 1RM estimator then work out the new TM.
If the new TM is greater than the old TM, I’d just add the 5/10lbs to the last cycle (unless we’re talking like 60lbs difference or something like that).
If the new TM is less than the old TM, I’d go with the new TM (again, aslong as it’s not off by a crazy amount).
If the new and old TM are pretty close, I’d just pick whichever (probably just stick with what I had done)
Then focus on crushing PRs for any weight I need to lift which is similar to the previous cycle.[/quote]
So if I understand well, you mean to use the personal record to calculate the new TM and calculate the 90% on those numbers, right?
[quote]John Spartan wrote:
I’ve found that all the percentages were based on the TM and not on the 90%.
So to put it simple, in the cycle before my 75% with bench press was 88kg (and I can easily do 10-12 reps withe tahta weight)but with the right numbers now I should use 82.5kg so I’m a little bit confused.
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I assume you believe TM means True Max (or similar) and not Training Max (which is 90% of your 1RM in the first cycle).
How many reps did you get for each exercise in each of your PR sets in the cycle? If you blew the minimum reps away, you can probably just add 5/10lbs to your last cycle.
[quote]John Spartan wrote:
I put it here just to not overload the board…
Lets say that I screwed with the numbers in the previous cycle, what is better for me once I have to calculate the new numbers, take a step back and work with lower weight or use the numbers I trained with to find the new percentages?And with this program we still use the same golden rule of calculating all the percentages on the 90% of our real max, right?Greetings from Italy.
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What do you mean by screwed with the numbers? [/quote]
I answer also to Santos here.
When I’ve calculated all the percentages for this new program on the home page, I’ve used an application on my tablet but then I’ve found that all the percentages were based on the TM and not on the 90%.
So to put it simple, in the cycle before my 75% with bench press was 88kg (and I can easily do 10-12 reps withe tahta weight)but with the right numbers now I should use 82.5kg so I’m a little bit confused.
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I didn’t realize you started higher than 90% (reading fail on my part). Agree with tsantos above. If you hit more than the prescribed reps just add 5/10 lbs.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
I didn’t realize you started higher than 90% (reading fail on my part). Agree with tsantos above. If you hit more than the prescribed reps just add 5/10 lbs. [/quote]