Why Percents Don't Feel the Same for Everyone - Olympic Weightlifting
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I am very glad I bought your book. A treasure trove of knowledge.
Awesome information as always.
"Based on reason, not ego" 100%.. Our beginnings haha.
I haven't heard a full minute but I already like the video.
Thanks coach! Another great one!
From a beginner point of view, clear goals help me more than percentages. „Choose a weight for optimal technique“, „this is only a primer“, or „the last repetition should be challenging“ are good hints.
As someone who went from almost 300 lbs to at this point 230 lbs losing weight definitely dropped my strength. I'll take that trade-off for being much healthier.
My coach gave me a programme that said 30% from blocks. That for me was just the bar 😂😂😂 i just did it all from hang.
How often should you test/refresh your one rep max?
Varies on a number of things, primarily experience level, ie newer you are, the more quickly you progress, so the more often you can/should test. So anywhere from 4 to 24 weeks generally...
As someone who's using out of the box programs, you definitely want to try to have updated PRs before the start of each cycle.
I have a situation where some of my proscribed percentage based sets are too easy with some exercises, while they are too hard with other exercises. In both cases I usually tend to adjust the weight as you suggested, however some people think that what I'm doing is counterproductive - they claim that I should follow the program exactly as written to allow my weaker lifts and variations to catch up to the stronger ones, while not fatiguing myself doing heavier sets with my stronger lifts just because I can. What do you think?
I don't agree, assuming you're adjusting appropriately. We want to bring up the weakness, but not by holding back your strengths.
Hi Greg, a question: how does being neurologically efficient makes it more difficult to perform reps at 80% of 1rms?
It's not related to the actual %. More efficient means being able to do fewer reps at a given % of 1RM. Think of it this way: being less efficient means you're able to use less of your muscle to move a weight, meaning your 1RM is lower to what you're physically capable of; that means any % of that RM is "easier" relative to someone who's closer to max physical capacity.
From my own experience, both as a lifter and a coach, I feel that especially for beginners, percentage based general weightlifting programs make little sense. The 1RM that you are able to perform at this stage is - very likely - SO much less than what your body would actually be capable of in theory and so you will end up with way too light weights as a result. In my opinion, the true value of using such a program lies mainly in the fact that it gives you a structure and a to-do list for your sessions. But most likely, the percentage based weights are far too light and you will have to go substantially heavier than prescribed in order to achieve some form of adaptation.
Yes, true beginners shouldn't be relying on %s for the most part - the issue is that a lifter at that level also needs a ton of guidance beyond a schedule, so %s can serve, as described here, as a way to get the spirit of the program, ie at least a general sense of expected effort and progress over a given period of time. Bottom line is that the newer a lifter is, the more they need a coach day to day... but that's not possible for the majority of athletes.