DutchVince
New Member
Greetings from Holland !
First allow me to introduce myself.
First the most important stats:
male
age 44
ectomorph
178 lbs @ 12% BF @ 6 foot 3 inches
Goal: 210-220 lbs @ 8% BF and look better than most guys in their 30's
(what the heck maybe even 20's ) !
January 2005 I weighed a paltry 145 lbs; looked like a walking skeleton and thought I would stay that way for the rest of my life. Then I found DutchBodybuilding.com and learned how to train and eat properly.
Using a conventional split-routine this resulted in 44 lbs of mass (33 lbs muscle 11 lbs fat): two months ago my weight was 189 lbs.
After cutting the fat I reached 178lbs@10-12%BF. So within a year I added a clean 33 lbs of muscle.
I became a member of this board because I want to try out HST and see if it actually works as advertised. (at DutchBodyBuilding.com HST is all the hype at the moment, thanks to some evangelists! )
OK here comes my first question in the form of an example:
Lets say I want to find my 15RM for benchpress.
I estimate (based on past excercises) that 80 lbs should be OK.
Then I go for it and fail at 12 reps
(or at 17 reps whatever, the point is: NOT exactly 15 reps)
What is my 15 RM?
Do I have to try all over again with a improved estimate or can I calculate my 15 RM from the 12 (or 17) RM?
TIA!
DutchVince
First allow me to introduce myself.
First the most important stats:
male
age 44
ectomorph
178 lbs @ 12% BF @ 6 foot 3 inches
Goal: 210-220 lbs @ 8% BF and look better than most guys in their 30's
(what the heck maybe even 20's ) !
January 2005 I weighed a paltry 145 lbs; looked like a walking skeleton and thought I would stay that way for the rest of my life. Then I found DutchBodybuilding.com and learned how to train and eat properly.
Using a conventional split-routine this resulted in 44 lbs of mass (33 lbs muscle 11 lbs fat): two months ago my weight was 189 lbs.
After cutting the fat I reached 178lbs@10-12%BF. So within a year I added a clean 33 lbs of muscle.
I became a member of this board because I want to try out HST and see if it actually works as advertised. (at DutchBodyBuilding.com HST is all the hype at the moment, thanks to some evangelists! )
OK here comes my first question in the form of an example:
Lets say I want to find my 15RM for benchpress.
I estimate (based on past excercises) that 80 lbs should be OK.
Then I go for it and fail at 12 reps
(or at 17 reps whatever, the point is: NOT exactly 15 reps)
What is my 15 RM?
Do I have to try all over again with a improved estimate or can I calculate my 15 RM from the 12 (or 17) RM?
TIA!
DutchVince