Sean M
Level 7 Valued Member
My only thoughts are:
I believe you mentioned you’ve done 370 for doubles before, so it’s not really your 1RM.
To my recollection, you haven’t done sets of 5 before, so it’s a new training stimulus for you. You may just have work capacity holding you back. How much rest between sets?
You missed a step and might be starting too low, but I guess it’s better to be too low than too high. After the RM@80% test, you have to do a proper 5RM test (which becomes the 5x5 goal for week 4). What I don’t know is if you could do 5 reps with 300 as your 80% “for reps” test, does that make it your 5RM? 5RM should be closer to 88%. If 300 is 5RM, you are starting too low. If 300 is actually less than true 5RM, you are starting even lower. If so, give yourself less rest (2-5 minutes, no more than 5) to build work capacity.
That said: maybe starting lower is ok this time, being new to high volume deadlifts. If I do the program, I will “round down” because I’m not accustomed to high volume DL either.
Will be interested to watch your progress!
I believe you mentioned you’ve done 370 for doubles before, so it’s not really your 1RM.
To my recollection, you haven’t done sets of 5 before, so it’s a new training stimulus for you. You may just have work capacity holding you back. How much rest between sets?
You missed a step and might be starting too low, but I guess it’s better to be too low than too high. After the RM@80% test, you have to do a proper 5RM test (which becomes the 5x5 goal for week 4). What I don’t know is if you could do 5 reps with 300 as your 80% “for reps” test, does that make it your 5RM? 5RM should be closer to 88%. If 300 is 5RM, you are starting too low. If 300 is actually less than true 5RM, you are starting even lower. If so, give yourself less rest (2-5 minutes, no more than 5) to build work capacity.
That said: maybe starting lower is ok this time, being new to high volume deadlifts. If I do the program, I will “round down” because I’m not accustomed to high volume DL either.
Will be interested to watch your progress!