Warm-Up Reps Calculator!

[rm_sidell]

warmupreps.com hosts a great calculator for either SS or 5x5. Are there other tools for SS programming out there on the web (worksheets, logs etc.)?

[hollismb]

You mean besides the official one, which works better than this, for a mere $1.99?

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[I_iz_a_fatass]

I used Libreoffice Calc to make sheets that show warmup calculations for all lifts up to four plate, backoff sets by percentage, and even a "plates needed" for when I'm too brain-dead to add properly. They're tacked up by the squat rack in the home gym.

[rm_sidell]

OOH! But how is the official one any "better"?

[MattJ.D.]

OOH! But how is the official one any "better"?

its an app on your phone and doesnt require the internet to use

[MBasic]

OOH! But how is the official one any "better"?

because . . . I'd imagine some revenue comes thru to the 'cause' or whatever you want to call it.
(maybe I'm wrong)

[rm_sidell]

I see. But the actual function isn't necessarily better compared to the free one I linked?

[hollismb]

OOH! But how is the official one any "better"?

Aside from what the other guys said, the one you posted:

1. Skips from doubles to worksets with rather large jumps and excludes any singles (Example: 425X2 is the last deadlift warmup for 500, and 320X2 is the last warmup for 400X5X3 squats). Even at lower weights, some of the jumps don't make sense. To be fair, the official app occasionally makes some odd jumps as well, usually due to some built-in plate laziness (like when the warmup triple for the deadlift jumps from 275 to 315 when you go from 365 to 370).
2. Only goes to 180 for the press and 300 for the bench (400 for the squat, and 500 for the deadlift, but that's about where the SS Warmup App stops for those lifts too). However, once you get to those weights for working sets, you probably have a pretty good idea of how to warmup, hopefully.
3. Doesn't allow for Kgs.
4. Lacks any built-in plate loading laziness (who loads 90 pounds on the bar for their first weighted squat set? Or 130 pounds for a first deadlift warmup set?).
5. Doesn't allow for jumps smaller than 5 pounds.
6. Has Rows as one of the lifts.

[Tom K]

[*]Has Rows as one of the lifts.[/LIST]

For the win.