Help with Single's Club - JP Fitness Forums

RSM8 · 05-30-2008, 01:02 PM

I tried to do chin-ups 3X18 with 60% of my one rep max and couldn't get anywhere close to 18 reps. My last set I did just bodyweight and even that was hard (of course I was fatigued from starting out with a 35Ibs plate then 25).
Did anyone else have this problem?

Last week I finished HH and was doing 4X3 with 70 Ibs hanging from my belt.

I seem to have the same problem with BB curls also.

Obviously I'll drop weight but I was wondering the reasoning behind this. Any guesses? Thanks

Aoife · 05-30-2008, 01:12 PM

60% of your 1RM of bodyweight + extra weight? Or just 60% of the extra weight, which wouldn't be 60% of your 1RM.

And the formulas (if that's what you're going by as to how much you should be able to do) aren't always right, esp if going from a 1rm to an 18rm.

RSM8 · 05-30-2008, 01:26 PM

WOW..Ok..I feel stupid. I always figured it from how much weight I was adding to my bodyweight. For example I can probably do around 75Ibs added to my bodyweight for a 1RM chin-up.

Aoife · 05-30-2008, 01:36 PM

Nah. Not stupid. But if you weren't accounting for the extra hundred and whatever, that'd prolly explain it.