Re: What do you consider a Warm up?

[Guest guest]

wrote,

>At what percent of 1RM do you feel a warm up set " crosses over " and becomes

>a workout set? My suggested list below contains 2 columns. The first lists

>the number of reps being performed, and the second is the percent of 1RM

>that I feel the weight must be at or above in order to be considered a

>workout set. Let me know what you think.

>

>10 55%

>8 55%

>6 60%

>5 60%

>4 65%

>3 65%

>2 70%

>1 75%

I agree on the percentage, but don't feel 10 reps have to be performed at

that weight necessarily. It would depend on the athletes training goal(s).

[Guest guest]

>From: " Burkhardt " <emburkha@...>

>At what percent of 1RM do you feel a warm up set " crosses over " and becomes

>a workout set? My suggested list below contains 2 columns. The first

>lists

>the number of reps being performed, and the second is the percent of 1RM

>that I feel the weight must be at or above in order to be considered a

>workout set. Let me know what you think.

>

>10 55%

>8 55%

>6 60%

>5 60%

>4 65%

>3 65%

>2 70%

>1 75%

These are solid numbers. I give my trainees, especially when early in a

worout, two warmups. One that they select the weight on just to " mimic " the

movement (an empty bar for a BP, say). The next is given as crossover set

if that makes sense according to the cycle.

I do think that you might drop the 10 rep to 45-50% especially when in OL's,

squats and other heavioy weighted lifts

Joe Alden

Atlanta USA

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