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Originally Posted by The0pportunist
What do you guys consider your personal record?
Me personally i try to go up in weight little by little and would only consider it a personal record if i can do 8reps X 3 sets of it.
Unrelated but I had my first fail on the squat rack yesterday, was my last few reps left and I just couldn't do it, not sure if i blacked out but the bar went off my back and hit the squat rack. Certainly saved me of any injury but not the embarrassment  |
For me it's a 1 Rep Max although I rarely attempt them anymore. You can use a "Rep Calculator" to see how close it would be compared to a 1RM, but I find that they aren't as reliable as you would think.
For example with Bench...I would hit triples with a pretty heavy weight. But when I attempted a 1RM with a weight that was about 25 lbs heavier, I might as well had added a 100lbs as fast as that bar came down.
I learned that to successfully hit a record 1RM, you had to actually train for it by doing 1 rep sets.
Now I count my own personal records by my lowest rep range days which are in the 3-5 count.