Hello. I’ve read in starting strength that in a multi rep set of presses, the second and following reps can be done starting from the top and bringing it down touch and go style like the bench press. Was just wondering if this method will work with rpe, because a set of five will be closer in weight to a single, because the first rep is from a dead stop. I am asking this for the strict press, not the press 2.0, but I guess it applies to both.
I don’t think I understand the question here. I think that method can work just fine with RPE, assuming you’re thinking about it in terms of reps in reserve.
I think the point is that if the subsequent reps are easier than the first rep, then the percentages won’t work properly because a set of 1 is 1 dead-stop rep, whereas a set of 5 is 1 dead-stop rep followed by 4 touch-and-go reps
AH, yes, that makes sense.
Not much you can do about that, you’ll just have to calibrate things over time.
Alright thanks guys!
I recently swapped over to resting at the bottom instead of at the top. I found that when resting at the top and doing touch n’ go at the bottom that the RPE readings were weird because if I could get 1 rep up, I could get 3-5 reps up. I also found my single @8 wasn’t progressing because I was limited out of the bottom due to not hitting it with any bottom. So I swapped to doing rest at the bottom. So far, it seems to have my press moving again, though it is a bit soon to fully pass judgment.
Yeah that’s what I was worried about. Thanks for your input PWard