Standing Barbell Front Press 21's?

Diane15

Diane15

Cathlete
Could someone please clarify how to perform this exercise? Is it overhead but only halfway up for 7 reps, then all the way up and halfway down for 7 reps, then 7 full reps? Am I making sense? LOL!!
Thanks.
Diane
 
Thanks for answering. I do have one more question though. In the Workout Manager the maximum number of reps you can enter is 20, so is the 21 rep sequence counting as only 1 rep? Or how do we do 8 to 10 reps on this particular exercise? Maybe I'm being too picky!
Diane
 
This exercise is listed on page 4 of the One Rep Max Chart downloadable pdf file you guys posted awhile back. It shows up as exercise #690. I'm confused as to how we enter our reps since presumably we do 21 reps, but the Workout Manager doesn't allow me to enter more than 20 reps. I know with the weight I tested I could have probably eeked out some more reps, but not another 21. I hope I'm making some sense, I don't think I'm explaining this well!
 
Do you mean when testing for your 1RM? Not when you enter the workout in the WM? I was wondering the same thing - how do you do this exercise when testing for 1RM?
 
When you do a 1RM test you need to have failure as close to 10 reps as possible or the results will not be very accurate. If you do a 1RM test and do anywhere near 20 reps you should retest with a heavier weight.
 
SNM Videos said:
When you do a 1RM test you need to have failure as close to 10 reps as possible or the results will not be very accurate. If you do a 1RM test and do anywhere near 20 reps you should retest with a heavier weight.
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Chris, based on this, it looks like I have alot of "do-overs" to do this week. I just started my 1RM testing tonight and of the 12 exercises that I did, 5 were close to 20 w/3 actually being over.

Does this mean that I'm totally under-estimating my strength?!?
 
SNM Videos said:
When you do a 1RM test you need to have failure as close to 10 reps as possible or the results will not be very accurate. If you do a 1RM test and do anywhere near 20 reps you should retest with a heavier weight.
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But how can I test at 10 reps if the exercise calls for 21 reps (since it is called "Standing Barbell Front Press 21's")?

So if I go 10 reps does that mean I'm doing 210 reps; that is 21 x 10 for example (this can't be, but I'm trying to illustrate my point)? I understand with all the exercises in the 1 Rep Max testing we are trying to pick a weight to reach failure at around 8 to 10 reps, but with this exercise it doesn't seem to fit neatly into this category.
 
SNM can you further clarify?

When doing a 1RM test for Standing Barbell Front Press 21's and Standing Barbell Curls 21's do we pick a weight that we think we can can do 10 curls or presses with and attempt to do the whole 21 then record our number in the calculator? Or do we pick a weight where we can barely finish the 21 reps and are almost to failure?
 
SNM Videos said:
When you do a 1RM test you need to have failure as close to 10 reps as possible or the results will not be very accurate. If you do a 1RM test and do anywhere near 20 reps you should retest with a heavier weight.
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SNM: I thought last week I read where one of the SNM team wrote that we dont do 1RM for 21's? I'll go look for the response...

YEPPERS: Post # 12 by SNM http://www.cathenation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257752&highlight=21s+21's

SNM Post #5 http://www.cathenation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257736&highlight=21s+21's

Although neither says DO NOT TEST they both say the 1RM Calculator wont work for 21's so I opted to just go with my 1RM Barbell Curls # and it was perfect when I did the DVD..VERY challenging but do-able
 
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