I do ME lifts, triples and singles at different points in my routine. Generally I have four or five warmups on the heavy side and 2-3 on the light. So for example for stiff-legged deadlift last time I did:
135X5, 225X3, 315X2, 385X1, 425X1, 455X1
for triples for upper back for weighted pullups I may just do BWX5 25X3 50X3.
Although on the other hand on other guys’ Westside logs they are doing WAY more sets. Should I start doing that with more sets with intermediate weight? What’s the benefit of doing that over what I’m doing now?
[quote]TheBlade wrote:
I do ME lifts, triples and singles at different points in my routine. Generally I have four or five warmups on the heavy side and 2-3 on the light. So for example for stiff-legged deadlift last time I did:
135X5, 225X3, 315X2, 385X1, 425X1, 455X1
for triples for upper back for weighted pullups I may just do BWX5 25X3 50X3.
Although on the other hand on other guys’ Westside logs they are doing WAY more sets. Should I start doing that with more sets with intermediate weight? What’s the benefit of doing that over what I’m doing now?[/quote]
If are going for a PR, do as little as possible on the way up, and then do the other working sets after the PR attempt.
If you do too many sets warming up, you’ll tire out and may end up missing the lift.
Generally the Westside recommendation is 3 lifts over 90%.
I would have skipped the 425 and gone straight for 445.
At that point I generally would back off and do two singles around the 425 area or take something around 90% for a double or triple.