I'm thinking about going to a 5 day/week schedule using an A/B split. I decided on using two different sets of exercises to add some variety since I'm going to want each workout session to be limited to 4 or 5 exercises.
I was wondering what member's thoughts were on recommended intensity levels when using an A/B split. Since each workout will be performed 5 times in each 2 week block, I was thinking about just starting at around 80% of that week's RM and working up in 5% increments up to 100% of the RM in the last workout.
I ask this question because although the weights will differ each day for the target muscle group, % intensity will be repeated every two days. Is this a problem?
For example - if in workout A I use dips as my chest exercise and in workout B I use incline bench press as my chest exercise, then the 2 week block would look like:
Day 1 A - dips - 80% of 10RM x 10
Day 2 B - incline bench - 80% of 10RM x 10
Day 3 A - dips - 85% of 10 RM x 10
Day 4 B - incline bench - 85% of 10RM x 10
Day 5 A - dips - 90% x 10
Day 6 - off
Day 7 - off
Day 8 B - incline bench - 90% x 10
Day 9 A - dips - 95% x 10
Day 10 B - incline bench - 95% x 10
Day 11 A - dips - 10RM x 10+
Day 12 B - incline bench - 10RM x 10+
Day 13 - off
Day 14 - off
Comments?
I was wondering what member's thoughts were on recommended intensity levels when using an A/B split. Since each workout will be performed 5 times in each 2 week block, I was thinking about just starting at around 80% of that week's RM and working up in 5% increments up to 100% of the RM in the last workout.
I ask this question because although the weights will differ each day for the target muscle group, % intensity will be repeated every two days. Is this a problem?
For example - if in workout A I use dips as my chest exercise and in workout B I use incline bench press as my chest exercise, then the 2 week block would look like:
Day 1 A - dips - 80% of 10RM x 10
Day 2 B - incline bench - 80% of 10RM x 10
Day 3 A - dips - 85% of 10 RM x 10
Day 4 B - incline bench - 85% of 10RM x 10
Day 5 A - dips - 90% x 10
Day 6 - off
Day 7 - off
Day 8 B - incline bench - 90% x 10
Day 9 A - dips - 95% x 10
Day 10 B - incline bench - 95% x 10
Day 11 A - dips - 10RM x 10+
Day 12 B - incline bench - 10RM x 10+
Day 13 - off
Day 14 - off
Comments?