david_diesel
New Member
I started 15s today and was surprised to find that I had difficulty performing incline bench press for 2 sets of 15 at a weight which is 20 lbs less than my 15RM.
My 15 RM is 175 so I started with 155. I was only planning on using bench press for 3 of the six workouts (the other three use dips). Is this common to see this much of a strength decrease. My SD was 16 days long. What should I do when I need to bump the weight up? Use smaller increments? I'm concerned my 15 RM is going to be lower than what I tested at.
If I'm understanding this correctly it shouldn't matter what the RM is as long as the weight continues to increase? But I was very close to failure on the second set. As a matter of fact I did 12 reps, paused and pelted out the last three 10 seconds later. Please advise..
My 15 RM is 175 so I started with 155. I was only planning on using bench press for 3 of the six workouts (the other three use dips). Is this common to see this much of a strength decrease. My SD was 16 days long. What should I do when I need to bump the weight up? Use smaller increments? I'm concerned my 15 RM is going to be lower than what I tested at.
If I'm understanding this correctly it shouldn't matter what the RM is as long as the weight continues to increase? But I was very close to failure on the second set. As a matter of fact I did 12 reps, paused and pelted out the last three 10 seconds later. Please advise..