Is 1@8 suppose to be a 1RM test?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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How do you do 1@8? Is it suppose to feel like 1@10? Is it a 1RM test?

I’m on the Bridge 1.0 after SSLP. When I’m doing 1@8 I keep treating them like a 1RM max.

Does a 1@8 mean I could have done a solid three reps with that weight? I"m confused.

Here is an example from my training log:

Squat with Belt
Last workout I did 220 x 4@8
Based on the e1RM calculator I should do 261 x 1@8
So I did 261 x 1@8
But it felt like 1@10
What do I do for next weeks 1@8? Stay at 261 until it feels like a @7?

Press with Belt
Last workout I did 115 x 1@8.
It felt like a @9.
For next week, do I stay at 115 until it feels like a @7?

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What is your understanding of what “@8” or “RPE 8” means?

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It means do a single at RPE 8. Practicing singles doesn’t always have to be at maximum effort.

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It means I could’ve done 2 more reps. Gotcha. Thanks.

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Don’t feel bad Kratos, I completely understood what RPE 8 meant, yet kept pushing up the weight on those 1 rep sets in the beginning. I think, for me, new again to lifting, my lower rep high RPE weights were very close to my higher rep weights, and that created a difficult psychological effect. “I just did pretty much THIS for 6 reps last week!”

It was hard for 1 rep at a true RPE 8 to feel like there was much work being done. Just another lesson that experience had to teach me.