Yes first cycle, i put my max as 219lbs guess i gona lower it down and attempt again next week.

you need 90% of that max. I suggest taking a perceived 5RM weight and do as many reps as you can and calculate your 1RM based on the formula in the book.

then you based your 5/3/1 on 90% of the 1RM calculated.

say my deadlift max is 405 lbs , I start at 90% of it which is 365 lbs. 365lbs will be my NEW 1RM for 5/3/1 NOT 405 LBS ! this is discussed vehemently by jim wendler

This ensure long term progress.

1st cycle and u failed at 4th rep , you definitely miscalculate it by a big margin. The expected rep range for 1st cycle is at least 10-12 reps, I've seen ppl going up to 15-18 reps in the eliteFTS comment section.

Moral of the story - start light to ensure long term progress.

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Added on January 7, 2010, 2:50 pmi was going through your journal.

You need to be mentally psyched for 219 lbs, you failed several times due to 'not being ready'

219lbs is definitely not your max for 5/3/1

This post has been edited by ken86: Jan 7 2010, 02:51 PM

exactly! =.=
hehe, this time he is back trying to make a fool out of himself, which he already did.
and everyone make a laughing stock out of him.

thats his favourite quote every sentence he make that makes it look so stupid.
if u really hard working, then go read back the old old threads. u can find him talking a lot back then.
he brags a lot being able to do this and that, once ask him whether has he done it. he just change topic

zeist, how is ur deadlift? u were so confident u can lift this and that in a month or so.
bla this bla that. if u had come back and talk nice stuff, nobody would bother shooting u.
u come back and acted like an arsehole, of coz sure get shoot again la.

the unnecessary humbling makes you sound like a woman

I feel so intimidated. what should I do?

Is it wrong to lift weights like a girl?

Depends, are you a hot girl?

If so, please do..

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Added on January 8, 2010, 2:33 amI LOL`ed

I like what I see, you're a hilarious troll.




This post has been edited by weib: Jan 8 2010, 02:33 AM

Actually, its true.
She is a girl. =.=
opps... did i said she? haha...
ya, agreed... he is full of shit.
since b4, and never changed a bit. =.=

See, lift heavy weight, people say full of shit. Lift light weight also full of shit. Can I try medium weight this time?



This post has been edited by zeist: Jan 8 2010, 06:05 AM

Icic , thx for the head up ken. Yeah have to recalculate my maxes. Tats gona be my homework tonight. Aft i sort it out i gona start with first cycle again and make sure everything is going alright then i will get into the training

lol, sent me the book but you never read it properly before start

lol, i only read half, yet to finish. My project pop up so sudden that i cant finish the dam book. gona finish it this weekend

I just got the SS DVD, skim thru it.
Looks like I need to revise my technique further.