Yeah you are right. I can go way heavier on all of the lifts. But with Starting Strength you should hit your 5 rep max at the 4 to 6 week mark. That way you have built a sufficient base of volume and so you can blow past your previous PR.
Its all about linear progression. If you start at, or too near your current 5 rep max, then you will stall out real soon. You won't be able to keep adding weight. But if you kind of take a run at it..over a month, building up to it, then you will be able to keep adding weight for longer. Does that make sense?
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I don't get it-I know you can go way heavier on the deadlift. Is this an Rx'd amount of weight for all of this stuff?
Brendhan (radiosound)
Yeah you are right. I can go way heavier on all of the lifts. But with Starting Strength you should hit your 5 rep max at the 4 to 6 week mark. That way you have built a sufficient base of volume and so you can blow past your previous PR.
Its all about linear progression. If you start at, or too near your current 5 rep max, then you will stall out real soon. You won't be able to keep adding weight. But if you kind of take a run at it..over a month, building up to it, then you will be able to keep adding weight for longer. Does that make sense?
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