franchise24
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- Oct 20, 2015
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I've used both RPE and Percentage based programing. I am in know way knocking either or. I would just like to see what other think.
In my opinion I am seeing RPE being mentioned more and more. Recently the Raw nationals seemed to have a lot of lifters being trained by coaches that are using RPE's. I feel that it is more of a fad than a programing style.
In my opinion RPE is intricate and fancy way of auto-regulating. If you have a coach or lifter that understands this or isn't an ego maniac then percentage based works the same way. If I have an athlete that I prescribe to hit 85% of his 1 rep max on bench for 6x3 and he feels shitty then he will back off by 10% and complete his training. This is how RPE works if I am not mistaking. I have the RTS manual and have read it a few times.
I am interested to hear from others.
In my opinion I am seeing RPE being mentioned more and more. Recently the Raw nationals seemed to have a lot of lifters being trained by coaches that are using RPE's. I feel that it is more of a fad than a programing style.
In my opinion RPE is intricate and fancy way of auto-regulating. If you have a coach or lifter that understands this or isn't an ego maniac then percentage based works the same way. If I have an athlete that I prescribe to hit 85% of his 1 rep max on bench for 6x3 and he feels shitty then he will back off by 10% and complete his training. This is how RPE works if I am not mistaking. I have the RTS manual and have read it a few times.
I am interested to hear from others.