Do we "re-do" the 1RM as STS progresses?

[laurabehney]

Sorry if this has been asked....

Do we need to re-do our 1RM as the program progresses? Won't we be stronger by disc 4 and most certainly by disc 30? How do we adjust for that? Am I making this harder than it is?

I just completed Disc 1 and I can barely reach out to my keyboard without grimiscing! The workout was great and challenging!!! (I agree w/all the reviews...AMAZING!) At this rate I KNOW I am going to be super strong by the end of this program! (I want to be Jai when I grow up!!) I just want to make sure I am getting the most out of it as possible and doing it correctly.

Thank you Cathe and crew for this high quality series!

 

[Dela]

In the program, they built in weekly increases in your weights, so next week, your calculations will be to lift 65% of your 1RM and so on. So no need to retest within a rotation.

However, I have a feeling retests would be appropriate when you start a second full rotation of STS from the beginning again.

 

[pace1987]

Sorry if this has been asked....

Do we need to re-do our 1RM as the program progresses? Won't we be stronger by disc 4 and most certainly by disc 30? How do we adjust for that? Am I making this harder than it is?

I just completed Disc 1 and I can barely reach out to my keyboard without grimiscing! The workout was great and challenging!!! (I agree w/all the reviews...AMAZING!) At this rate I KNOW I am going to be super strong by the end of this program! (I want to be Jai when I grow up!!) I just want to make sure I am getting the most out of it as possible and doing it correctly.

Thank you Cathe and crew for this high quality series!

Well I did some re-do on some of the exercises like shoulders. Thanks for this question as I would like to know before I go and keep re doing the test.

 

[christosz]

In the program, they built in weekly increases in your weights, so next week, your calculations will be to lift 65% of your 1RM and so on. So no need to retest within a rotation.

However, I have a feeling retests would be appropriate when you start a second full rotation of STS from the beginning again.

That's what SNM told me a while back, when I asked if I should retest my 1RM after finishing STS.
It is not necessary, but a good idea to retest your 1RM before you start STS for the second time.

Chris.

 

[srockrae]

A long time ago I did a workout called "Body for Life". One of the things I did like about it was that you marked down the intensity level of each set. (i.e. a 1 may be a walk in the park and a 10 failure to complete a rep). I think I am going to make notations on my workout card as I go along and instead of testing the 1rm max again, just go up in weight where I feel the intensity level was not high enough on particular exercises. Just a thought!