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Hello,
as per subject, question about The Bridge v2.0 with regard to the Percentage Guidelines.
Let's take week 3 for example. For the main lifts the program calls for 1 @ 8, 5 @ 8 x 4 sets, the percentage guideline is Single @ 90-93%, Volume @ 70-75%.
1 @ 8 is in line with the 90-93% of a 1RM. However, 70-75% of the 1RM for the following sets looks incredibly low even considering a possible adjustment of the RPE due to the fatigue from doing a 1 @ 8 (it should be around an RPE 6 as per the calculator).
I''ve completed the third week and just started the fourth, and so far for the volume sets I've always used a weight in line with the 5 @ 8 suggested by the calculator. I am no master when it comes to judge RPE but I've done it for a while now and well, those sets felt like they were at RPE 8.
So the question is: are those percentage guidelines somehow wrong, I'm reading them wrongly, I'm incredibly strong (yeah, you wish) or I totally suck at judging RPE and what I think it's a 5 @ 8, is instead a 5 @ + ∞ ?
as per subject, question about The Bridge v2.0 with regard to the Percentage Guidelines.
Let's take week 3 for example. For the main lifts the program calls for 1 @ 8, 5 @ 8 x 4 sets, the percentage guideline is Single @ 90-93%, Volume @ 70-75%.
1 @ 8 is in line with the 90-93% of a 1RM. However, 70-75% of the 1RM for the following sets looks incredibly low even considering a possible adjustment of the RPE due to the fatigue from doing a 1 @ 8 (it should be around an RPE 6 as per the calculator).
I''ve completed the third week and just started the fourth, and so far for the volume sets I've always used a weight in line with the 5 @ 8 suggested by the calculator. I am no master when it comes to judge RPE but I've done it for a while now and well, those sets felt like they were at RPE 8.
So the question is: are those percentage guidelines somehow wrong, I'm reading them wrongly, I'm incredibly strong (yeah, you wish) or I totally suck at judging RPE and what I think it's a 5 @ 8, is instead a 5 @ + ∞ ?
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