Old Forum Volkov's Benchpress Program

[petrovich]

Although I have occasionally read Volkov's Benchpress program over the past few years, it first occurred to me today that with a 'SHIRTED' max of 267 or 290, the 'RAW' 240 x 1 at the end of the first week and the 'RAW' 230 at the end of the fifth week would very probably be in the mid- to high- 90%'s of his 'RAW' max.

Is my figuring off?

 

[Pavel]

Pete, he competed in IPF, so the shirt only gave so much (at least a decade ago).  Still, you are right, he is in the 90%+ territory.  But he hit it only once in the cycle, not often enough to overtrain.  Volkov is a former weightlifter and they go to the 90%+ intensity zone a lot more often than PLers.