D davidjr74 0 May 19, 2006 #1 I decided that I'm going to start benching 5 Sets/10 reps (excluding warmup) but I need to know what percentage I should use. 80% of my max? 70% of my max? etc.
I decided that I'm going to start benching 5 Sets/10 reps (excluding warmup) but I need to know what percentage I should use. 80% of my max? 70% of my max? etc.
D davidjr74 0 May 19, 2006 #2 1 Rep Max Percentages Reps %1RM 1 - 100 2 - 95 3 - 90 4 - 88 5 - 86 6 - 83 7 - 80 8 - 78 9 - 76 10 - 75 11 - 72 12 - 70 Nevermind, I found this on the internet.
1 Rep Max Percentages Reps %1RM 1 - 100 2 - 95 3 - 90 4 - 88 5 - 86 6 - 83 7 - 80 8 - 78 9 - 76 10 - 75 11 - 72 12 - 70 Nevermind, I found this on the internet.
Hoss 1 May 19, 2006 #3 Remember that those are general, you could be better at 8 reps than you are at 2.
K Karky 2 May 19, 2006 #4 definitly, a sure way to find out, is just find your max 10 reps on the exersice..
