PillarofBalance
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- Feb 27, 2011
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Today is 15 doubles on bench starting at RPE of 6 and ending with a 9. PillarofBalance is it better to start at an RPE of 6 and go up in small jumps to hit the 9 with decent rest periods or to find the 6 and use super short rest periods and hammer out that 6 weight?
For whichever answer you give, can you explain the rationale?
Thanks, homie.
For the sake of autoregulation it can be used a few ways.
Like an intensity deload - so very light but short rest.
As an anaerobic endurance test - moderate weight short rest
As a very high volume day - say 80% for 15 doubles. That's 30 reps. Where conventional wisdom says 80% for about 18 reps
Whereas you are sort of getting back in shape go with option B or C. You would achieve more success with B though.