Fatigue management during peaking and hypertrophy?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hey, Jordan!

First, thanks for all the great BBM content. Y’all have helped me be consistent in my training for the last two years.

Current numbers:

Squat single @ 8 is 285

Bench single @ 8 is 275

Deadlift single @ 8 is 385

Two questions regarding BBM Podcast #115:

  1. Do the same fatigue management principles apply to peaking (e.g., dropping heavy singles for moderately heavy doubles or triples and dropping working sets @ 8 or 9 for working sets around 70%)?

  2. When doing hypertrophy work, should we drop the RPEs and/or percentages, as well? If so, is it still that 65 - 75% range?

Thanks, again!

  • Stephen
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Stephen,

  1. Peaking tends to be more individualized, but if prepping for a meet I’d have a hard time not doing any challenging singles.
  2. Hard to really answer this without additional information, but in general…most hypertrophy work would be done in the 60-80% range anyway. We specifically talked about hypertrophy in the podcast, describing that the proximity to failure that drives hypertrophy is likely wider than appreciated in most cases.

-Jordan

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Thank you!