Strength III back off set rep variability

Strength III for the back off sets, as an example:

76% e1RMx20 reps (sets of 4-6 reps, all sets < RPE 8.5)

Does this means:

  1. Get e1RM from 1@8 that day
  2. Take 76% of that, put it on the bar
  3. Do a set, assuming you’ll be able to do somewhere in the range of 4-6, if you hit RPE 8.5 at rep 4, stop. If you don’t hit it on 5, go to 6 but no matter RPE at 6, stop?

Or should each set in 3 be pre-determined number of reps and the weight varies based on RPE of the prior set?

It’s a subtle difference I suppose!

Aside: I figured this question may have been asked already but I did a forum search and from experimenting and reading the search tips in the advanced section it does not seem that a simple exact string match is possible for multiple words.

In other words “Strength III” returns results for “Strength” OR “III” and there does not seem to be a mechanism to include whitespace.

I used Google search in lieu of it but couldn’t find anything there either: BBM “Strength III” template forums site:forum.barbellmedicine.com

Smokes,

Yes, you got it exactly right. Do sets of 4 to 6 reps and terminate it when they get close to RPE 8-8.5.

-Jordan