I’m sitting here at the computer playing with rep variation and the HST calculator and my question is how could you do HST and NOT zig zag especially for the lifts that use smaller weights?.
For example using Bryans suggestion to figure out your 10 rep from your 15 rep max you add 20% and for the 5 rep max you add 15% on to the 10 reps max. I realize this isn’t as good as figure out each rep max but it’s pretty close for me especially if you vary the tempo just a tad.
So let’s say you are doing curls and 50 lbs is your 15 rep max.
10 rep max would be 60 lbs.
5 rep max would be 69 pounds.
So if you didn’t zig-zag quite a bit and just started the next 2 week cycle where you left off you would hit your max reps at the second workout of the 2 week cycle. Am I all screwed up? Or is a situation like this where you would use the same weight for a couple of workouts in a row?
Thanks
For example using Bryans suggestion to figure out your 10 rep from your 15 rep max you add 20% and for the 5 rep max you add 15% on to the 10 reps max. I realize this isn’t as good as figure out each rep max but it’s pretty close for me especially if you vary the tempo just a tad.
So let’s say you are doing curls and 50 lbs is your 15 rep max.
10 rep max would be 60 lbs.
5 rep max would be 69 pounds.
So if you didn’t zig-zag quite a bit and just started the next 2 week cycle where you left off you would hit your max reps at the second workout of the 2 week cycle. Am I all screwed up? Or is a situation like this where you would use the same weight for a couple of workouts in a row?
Thanks