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Doortofreeside t1_jbjj997 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIFU by almost getting myself killed at the gym by okbuddy9970

Wendler 531: Am I a joke to you?

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[deleted] t1_jbjqzeh wrote

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owtdecafRacing t1_jbk1g56 wrote

Your use of “NEVER” makes it sound very absolute. If you can bench 200 lbs for 3 reps, I wouldn’t think going to 210 for 1 rep would be a bad idea.

But still should have a spotter for that.

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aqlu t1_jbkq0ot wrote

Wendlers 531 is based off a training max, which is different (and lower) from your 1rm. You shouldnt be struggling through the vast majority of your sets and reps

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Doortofreeside t1_jbksj4c wrote

As you work up that training max pushes up to your 1rm until you have to go back down. When you're near your 1rm on week 3 I find that the 2nd set of 3 reps is sometimes more difficult than the 3rd set of 1+ reps

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aqlu t1_jbkxfec wrote

Maybe my tm is too generous, but I havent experienced that yet

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