Hi, thanks for all your input on these forums! Pretty sure today's 122.5kg DL would've been impossible w/o your input
So today I started the following upper body approach you suggested...
Workout A
Bench x 1 @ +5% from last 5 x 3 sets on LP, then take 15% off the bar for 5 reps x 5 sets
Press x 8 reps x 4 sets @ -12% from previous press 5 x 3 sets on LP
Workout B
Press 1 @ +5% from last 5 x 3 sets, then take 15% off the bar for 4 reps x 6 sets
Close grip bench x 8 reps x 4 sets @ -15% from previous bench press 5 x 3 sets on LP
What do you think it means 'Press x 1 @ +5%' or 'Bench x 1 @ +5%'?
for easy numbers, let's say last time I benched 100kg. So this time do I bench 1 set of 5 reps at 105kg or do I do a single rep at 105kg? It's unclear to me which they mean.
Also, when they say take 15% off the bar to do 5x5 bench... so does that mean take 15% off the 100kg and do 5x5 @ 85kg?
or does it mean take 15% off the 105kg and do 89kg?
The math is a little unclear to me, hoping you have some insight into this.
Maybe I'm overthinking it haha. Thanks again!!