I've been on Wendler for a few months now, so want to re-test my maxes and then start again (with a few minor tweaks to the kg increase, so it doesnt get too hard, too fast).
When I first started, my maxes were:
Squat: 115
Deadlift: 150
OHP: 67.5x3
Bench: 100x3
So far, I've played around with Deadlift (160kg) and OHP(75kg) for maxes during the programme, but that was only after doing some of my working set, so want to do it properly.
OK so lets say hypothetical maxes of:
Squat - 130kg
Bench - 105kg
Deadlift - 160kg
OHP - 75kg
My sets would look like:
Squat - barx8, 60kgx5, 80kgx3, 100kgx1, 120kgx1, 125kgx1, 130kgx1 . . .
Bench - barx10, 40kgx8x 60kgx5, 70kgx3, 80kgx1, 90kgx1, 95kgx1, 100kgx1, 105kgx1 . . .
Deadlift - 60kgx6, 80kgx5, 100kgx3, 120kgx2, 140kgx1, 150kgx1, 155kgx1, 160kgx1 . . .
OHP - barx8, 40kgx5, 50kgx3, 60kgx1, 70kgx1, 75kgx1 . . .
Much like Syla5 said really. The principle being take a few as you need to get warm, then do singles to get a bit more mentally ready and go from there. If the rep is really easy stick a lot of weight on for the next, if you can't really tell put something a little more conservative on and if it's hard but you have more there put a small amount of weight on.
Just make sure you don't get all worked up just because you have put something on the bar you haven't lifted before. The weight on the bar doesn't matter at all, it's just another rep. It may be one that is harder than you are used to but again, that doesn't matter.
Nothing matters when you are going for pbs except that the weight moves in the direction it should.
But obviously, don't snap your **** up
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