First Place Losers
Rectal Prolapse
Child Pornographers
Touched by an Uncle
Gaping Anuses
Those are all pretty good but I'm partial to Gaping Anuses myself.
First Place Losers
Rectal Prolapse
Child Pornographers
Touched by an Uncle
Gaping Anuses
Obviously everyone is different, but for me I think maxing out every four weeks is overkill. I max out a couple times a year at most. I also think deloading so often is a bit of a waste, but again that's just my opinion and everyone is different.
Keep in mind, my lifts are very low compared to most others participating in this competition - apart from running the 5/3/1 4 week cycle, how else would I know where my 1RM max is, especially for this comp?
The competition isn't over until the end of the year. So, like japman said, maxing out every 4 weeks is a bit much.
I'm not trying to be a dick at all here, so don't take it that way, but you really don't need to know where your PR/1RM is at every 4 weeks. At your level, it's pretty safe to assume that if all your training weights are going up consistently, so is your PR.
You can definitely get away with testing more frequently than someone a lot stronger, but you don't need to do it every 4 weeks. It gets really taxing and isn't worth disrupting a training day.
I 100% agree. But, it's been about 180 fortnights since I've given any fucks about any lifting programs, so I'm curious as to what the suggested strategy is for determining a max on which to base your next cycle?The competition isn't over until the end of the year. So, like japman said, maxing out every 4 weeks is a bit much.
I'm not trying to be a dick at all here, so don't take it that way, but you really don't need to know where your PR/1RM is at every 4 weeks. At your level, it's pretty safe to assume that if all your training weights are going up consistently, so is your PR.
You can definitely get away with testing more frequently than someone a lot stronger, but you don't need to do it every 4 weeks. It gets really taxing and isn't worth disrupting a training day.
Don't worry about my feelings, I am so new to this so I may ask or say something you deem completely stupid. I figure there are 6 months left, so rougly 8 times I can try and max out or work to reach my goal (around 425-440lbs)
Maxing out 8 times in 6 months is nutty. Your average experienced lifter would probably max out somewhere between zero and one time in that timeframe, provided they weren't competing.Don't worry about my feelings, I am so new to this so I may ask or say something you deem completely stupid. I figure there are 6 months left, so rougly 8 times I can try and max out or work to reach my goal (around 425-440lbs)
Cliche, but if you're new to this stuff, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.
I'm not familiar with 5/3/1, but what I'm saying is that you don't have to use all 8 of those times to max out. Maybe, say, you try for a new PR after your next 2 cycles of 5/3/1.
Fuck your kilograms.
Maxing out 8 times in 6 months is nutty. Your average experienced lifter would probably max out somewhere between zero and one time in that timeframe, provided they weren't competing.
That being said, it's probably not the best way to add pounds to your deadlift, but there could definitely be some strategy (as far as this comp goes) to getting a video of a new 1rm periodically.
I guess the app (5/3/1) is designed around continually improving your 1RM
I don't like deloading myself either, but I figured if the 4th week was deload anyway, it was a good time (just on Deads) to max out.