Benjamin_K
Level 4 Valued Member
My squat is 315 1RM at the moment. My 5x5 goal is about 225-235. Weight jumps are about 15 lbs per week.
On week one HEAVY day I'm squatting 165. While on week one LIGHT day I'm squatting 205. It would take 4 weeks for me to get close to my LIGHT squatting days on this model.
Similar problems for other lifts as well. Has anyone else run into this problem? What can I tweak for it to make sense?
Note: I'm working off of the recommended percentages in Reload. So LIGHT=65% 1RM, HEAVY=80% 1RM (which in the squat example I reduced due to poor form at 250. But even if I did not reduce the weight to 225, the problem still persists)
On week one HEAVY day I'm squatting 165. While on week one LIGHT day I'm squatting 205. It would take 4 weeks for me to get close to my LIGHT squatting days on this model.
Similar problems for other lifts as well. Has anyone else run into this problem? What can I tweak for it to make sense?
Note: I'm working off of the recommended percentages in Reload. So LIGHT=65% 1RM, HEAVY=80% 1RM (which in the squat example I reduced due to poor form at 250. But even if I did not reduce the weight to 225, the problem still persists)