Hello,
Depending on the prescription for a lift, would you consider doing one of your backoffs as a warmup, and counting that as a working set?
Example: 5@8; 75% e1RM x 5 reps x 3 sets
Let’s say my goal is for the 5@8 to be 255#. In order to gauge if that is accurate, I could do 235 for 5, which would be 75%. Would you be opposed to counting that as one of your backoffs, then doing 255 as planned, then doing just 2 backoffs?
I feel there are 2 advantages. 1 is to save time. The other is that, most of the time that 235 would be at worst an RPE 8 for me, in which case I could adjust the backoffs appropriately. At best, it’s easier than I expect and I can go for ~265 for 5@8, and then do 3 backoffs at 245.
Additionally, would you feel the same for something prescribed like: 6@8; -5% from 6@8 x 4 reps x 2 sets? I’m not sure if there is something unique about doing the set of 6 first in order to generate a certain amount of fatigue, that would then affect the sets of 4.
Thanks!