Hey, docs! Using RPE in my training, I’ve noticed the best way for me to determine the appropriateness of a weight on a given day is either ramp up sets or a top single, double or triple at RPE 8. So far, these two methodologies have helped me really zero in on proper intensities/RPE targets as they’re prescribed. Currently, I’m running Powerbuilding II and I’ve noticed that the ramp up sets aren’t specifically prescribed any longer.
Now, I’ve tried dropping the ramp up sets before and just using the last set of my warm up weight to get a feel for things but as my warm-up isn’t structured using RPE targets (like the customary @6, @7) I sometimes over or undershoot the weight for that day. Would it be of a suboptimal nature or would there be too much of a fatigue cost to re-implement these ramp up sets in PB II for my own training? I was thinking of approaching the comp lift warm ups by subtracting 45 from the top set @8, dividing that number by five to determine increments between warm up sets, knocking that out and then throwing in the pre-calculated @6 and @7 to gauge the weight of the set @8. Is this sensible? Thanks in advance for the response, guys.