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Originally Posted by
Matt Reynolds
If you want me to be completely honest, I don't exactly why it's true. I do know that our data from thousands and thousands of lifters at SSOC tells us that it is, along with my two decades of coaching experience. I THINK it's true because I believe that a 425lb squat for sets across is a similar stress event to a max effort 600lb squat...enough so that it's specific enough to drive a strength adaptation, whereas a 120lb squat is not as significant of a stress event for the person who squats 175, and therefore not enough stress and not specific enough to drive the strength adaptation.