Sets and Reps

Hi

In terms of sets/ reps for FBE's (On a SSC)

should I be doing 3 sets of say 3-6 reps, with a 2 minute break?

Or perhaps several more sets, on a shorter break?

A total of about 9 reps in some cases, just doesn't feel right...

Thanks

Evilllamas said:

Hi

In terms of sets/ reps for FBE's (On a SSC)

should I be doing 3 sets of say 3-6 reps, with a 2 minute break?

Or perhaps several more sets, on a shorter break?

A total of about 9 reps in some cases, just doesn't feel right...

Thanks

Definitely depends on the difficulty of an exercise. What I found that works well is to do 3-5 sets of an exercise, leaving 1-2 reps in the "bank" after each set, and get a volume of 12-18 reps

So if you can do, say, 7 reps on X exercise, then 3x5 is what I would use. If you can do 5 reps, then 5x3 is what I would use. If you manage 4 reps or less, consider either scaling the exercise a bit, or just work with less overall volume. Something like 4-5x2 where the difficulty of the exercise will make up for the slightly less volume.

I usually do 4-5 sets, with 3-5 min of rest between sets.

That's just what I've found to work well. Hopefully, more knowledgeable people here will be able to give you an even clearer response

It all depends on what you are going for, but throughout the web site and in the book Coach says "if you can do 3 to 5 reps, then you need to progress to the next exercise." For me, i will not progress until i do 5x5 of an exercise, or at LEAST 5x3. Between sets its a 2-5 min break depending on how you are feeling. Just feel out what is best for you

Good enough for worksets. A simple way to get in some volume, is doing sets of easier progressions as a lead up.

So say I was working on graduated HSPU on parallettes as my worksets and was going to do 5 sets of 3 reps. I might do some box HeSPU, wall HeSPU, and floor HeSPU as warm up sets. Don't go for too many reps or sets to burn yourself out.