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Loads should be earned, not assigned.
To say that you "should"
perform 6 sets of 2 with 242 pounds during next Wednesday's bench
press workout is absurd. It's fine to use those numbers as a goal,
but you have no way to predict your functional capacity on a future
date. If you've over-estimated your capacity, you risk over-extending
your adaptive resources and/or injuring yourself as you stubbornly
try to complete your assignment. Conversely, if you under-estimated
your capacity, you might lose the chance to hit a new PR, or at
the very least, you'll under-train your bench presses for that workout.
On any given workout, a superior performance
(at least in the case of trained individuals) indicates a high functional
capacity, and it's an indicator that the previous training cycle
has produced good results. It's time to "strike while the iron
is hot" as the saying goes.
Inferior performance, on the other
hand, indicates inadequate recuperation from previous workout loads
and suggests the need for rest, not work.
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Loads should be earned, not assigned.
To say that you "should"
perform 6 sets of 2 with 242 pounds during next Wednesday's bench
press workout is absurd. It's fine to use those numbers as a goal,
but you have no way to predict your functional capacity on a future
date. If you've over-estimated your capacity, you risk over-extending
your adaptive resources and/or injuring yourself as you stubbornly
try to complete your assignment. Conversely, if you under-estimated
your capacity, you might lose the chance to hit a new PR, or at
the very least, you'll under-train your bench presses for that workout.
On any given workout, a superior performance
(at least in the case of trained individuals) indicates a high functional
capacity, and it's an indicator that the previous training cycle
has produced good results. It's time to "strike while the iron
is hot" as the saying goes.
Inferior performance, on the other
hand, indicates inadequate recuperation from previous workout loads
and suggests the need for rest, not work.
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