[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
[quote]Louisville1982 wrote:
I’m bored at work, normally when I get too 405 on my deadlift set I do singles up too my max, well today I just stopped at 405 and finally tried some reps. My question is, how many 405 reps should I theoretically be able to do if I’m trying for 495 max ? I got 6 reps of 405. [/quote]
Wendlers 1rm estimate formula in his 5/3/1/ book says 7 reps gets 499 (E)1RM.
Better yet, throw 495 on the bar and smash that shit bro…then call it the “Louisville1982 1 RM estimator” lol
4 wheels for 7,8,9 reps is cool but 5 wheels is cooler…PERIOD!!
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better yet, put non the 2.5s and do 500 already. Pounds are cooler than kilos. Just as inches are cooler than cms. 34 D is cooler than 86.36.[/quote]
Very true. Who said anything about kilos tho?
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Just being proactive, but if you’re five pounds away from a hundred, go for that, not five plates. 405 is better than 400 because it’s four plates. 585 is six plates. 600 is to far off to just jump to that. so when I see the five plate stuff, I’m thinking just be proactive and do 500.
As for pounds vs kilos, I do realize it wasn’t brought up, but it’s a slippery slope from five plates with 45s to five plates with 2o kilos. Next thing you know you’ll be watching soccer and carrying a man purse.
My rules, go for a new 100 level if you never have. Go for plates at 2, 3, 4, 6, and seven. Never 5. 5 is so close to five hundred that you just do 500.
Man don’t you young guys know these OCD rules that have been passed down forever?[/quote]
Tom, I love your posts, I was laughing hard when I read this, and no, no one ever told me these rules, but that is exactly how I think. In fact, several weeks ago, my old best pull was 465, and then I hit 485 and it went up easier than I thought so a guy I knew was like, go pull 5 plates! And I said are you fucking nuts? Why would I try and pull 495 and miss the 500 club by 5 fucking pounds? So I put on 500 and managed to grind it out, and I am sooo, sooo glad I did.
To the OP, I hit 415 for 9 two weeks ago (touch and go) and missed 505 last week by a long shot, so who knows. I really think alot depends on how your body is doing on that particular day.