Tempates

I want to start by thanking barbell medicine for publishing a couple of templates I really needed. Over a year ago I went over 30% BF after on and off training and am past the newbie can lose fat and gain muscle easily stage. I at 29% BF fat now and my strength is rising while I have lost some fat but really want the fat to go down more quickly. My emphasis has been on gaining strength over losing fat so I was glad to find a couple of templates that just maintain.

Just a couple of quick questions. My help tab isn’t working quite right in open office. Not sure if it is a problem with the conversion to free ware spreadsheets. So when it says say RPE 6 (70%) does that mean 70% of 1 rep max which should be roughly RPE 6? The calculator tab and the percentage listed don’t always agree on the weight but then I also found putting in the percentage of 1 rep max listed at the reps and RPE gives a slightly higher estimated 1 RPM than I had estimated and slightly higher than the calculator tab given my 3 rep RPE. For instance on squat I lifted 308 lbs a week ago at RPE 10 and the calculator gives a RPM estimate of 334 lbs. When I plug in 70% of 334 for set 1 RPE 6 6 reps, 75% of 334 for set 2 RPE 7 6 reps, and 2 sets of 79% of RPM at RPE 8 and 6 reps the tab gives an estimated RPM of 337. So I am assuming there is a slight discrepancy in 1 RPM formula in the calculator and the 1 RPM estimate on the tab showing exercise for the day. Not material but enough to make me wonder if I am understanding it right. :slight_smile:

Also will the 7 day endurance program maintain strength as well? Right now BF% has to be goal 1 so I don’t care if I lose a little 1 RPM estimate since that goal has to be secondary. Just eyeballing the program looks like it should maintain maybe gain but I just wanted to verify before I switch to that instead of the hypertrophy program in 2 weeks when my current block is over.

Which program dontou have ?

I would just go with the target RPE. The % 1RM number is just an indication. It is dependent on so many factors (age, training history, stress, diet, …) it can never be correct. Besides that, the 1RM you set 2 months ago will most-likely not be 100% the same as your current, as in: the moment you’re performing your training for today, 1RM. So what does “70% 1RM” mean? It’s a ballpark number. It can be way off.
Always go for the RPE number. (unless it is specified that you should definitely go for a % of your e1RM, which is again dependent on your RPE from a previous lift, so … still RPE)

The hypertrophy/GPP templates are supposed to be good during weight loss with the goal to maintain strength.