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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Roger Bacon on August 28, 2013, 01:15:04 AM
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I can bench 185 for 15 reps fairly easily, so according to the one rep max calculator I should be able to bench 300 for 1 rep.
There's no fucking way... :-\
http://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/orm.htm
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Calculators are a load of shit. Its always individual. Some people may do 10+ reps at 90 percent of their 1rm. I have to drop down to about 50-60% of 1rm to get 10+ decent reps.
Dependent on fibre makeup ect
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Calculators are a load of shit. Its always individual. Some people may do 10+ reps at 90 percent of their 1rm. I have to drop down to about 50-60% of 1rm to get 10+ decent reps.
Dependent on fibre makeup ect
good post
my strength drops off a cliff
it isn't gradual
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just so happened it was chest day... my final set of flat I hit 225 for 18, according to the calc I should hit 427. I doubt i'd hit 427 at my present bw even on decline.
for shitts and giggles...
I close gripped 100 for 30 on my last set of tri's last Thursday, according the the calc, that puts my 1rm at 516. lol
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good post
my strength drops off a cliff
it isn't gradual
its the same for me withhigher reps especially legs. Would struggle mightly to squat 20 reps with around 30% .
I rarely do sets above 5 reps, after that it goes to shit.
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good post
my strength drops off a cliff
it isn't gradual
Similar for me, I can do quite high reps with a poundage then just go a bit higher and feel like its going to tear something.
I used to be able to DB press 140s for 12-15 reps ( a looooonnnng time ago) but the 150s always seemed way too heavy.
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i must be a genetic freak then as I can only get 1 rep with 60kg but do 500kg for 50
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I have found it to be pretty close up to 5 reps on bench, after that it gets pretty shaky
Way off though if applied to squats after 5 reps
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Similar for me, I can do quite high reps with a poundage then just go a bit higher and feel like its going to tear something.
I used to be able to DB press 140s for 12-15 reps ( a looooonnnng time ago) but the 150s always seemed way too heavy.
might be a mental thing
thats alot of reps on 140lbs good work
i sometimes think if mentally you perceive the weight to be too much you are fucked
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might be a mental thing
thats alot of reps on 140lbs good work
i sometimes think if mentally you perceive the weight to be too much you are fucked
Maybe so, its just I used to get down with them and as soon as I started coming down with the weight the pec tie ins started screaming, it wasnt worth the risk.
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One issue especially on flat bench is how much energy you expend on the eccentric/down part of the lift. As i get heavier i slow down even more.
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If these calculators worked, imagine the huge max numbers squatters could do.
Or leg press.
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According the that calculator, I should have been able to Front Press 261 pounds for one rep. I highly doubt that, but who knows...
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Make sure to bring a spotter in case you try and are unsure.