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Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Imerida Posts: 60 Joined: 2002/04/30	2002/09/16, 08:26 PM When they say you have to do 55% of your one rep max how much weight do you need to use? im sorry i wuz never good at math infact i was in the lowest math ever lol. See this is how my plan goes but i dont know how much weight i need to use. for Benching...MAX: 205 5 Sets 1 set: 55% of max 2 set: 60% of max 3 set: 60% of max 4 set: 65% of max 5 set: 70% of max how much weight do i use? thank you !! <>

vicente Posts: 3 Joined: 2002/09/09	2002/09/17, 12:05 AM Well, I'm new to BB, but I'm ok in math so I'll give it a shot ;) If MAX = 205 1 set: 55% of MAX = 0.55MAX = 0.55(205) = 112.75 --> 115 2 set: 125 3 set: 125 4 set: 135 5 set: 145 Hope this helps.