Five and Other Reps in Powerlifting?

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Pete Arroyo wrote:

>Dennis - Are you step loading workout to workout (ie-

>increasing weight as reps go down)? If you are, your

>sets of five might be too heavy early on ( the weights

>might be too close to your max single). This is just

>a guess but I might try a lighter weight during the

>sets of five while moving the bar faster.

Yep, I'm using a pretty standard periodization routine, almost a true

Coan progression (minus a few hundred pounds). The 5's aren't really

close to my max single. The first few reps are very easy. I would

consider myself to be pretty explosive and the reps are fast, a

result of my past Westside approach. It's just that at about rep 4

the wall hits.

I guess the true question is----do sets of 5 carry over to a

powerlifting one rep max on the platform?

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Dennis Schar,

.... City?