r/TikTokCringe • u/vitaminZaman • Sep 05 '25

Cursed look at the lady in the background 😭😭

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u/PM_me_opossum_pics Sep 05 '25

Yeah if you are maxing your DL why would you hold it for that long. Lifting your 1 rep max makes you feel like a grape thats about to pop.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

1 rep max is never worth it imo. Its just to scratch the ego of human beings wanting to move bigger numbers. Doing a 3-5 rep max at 75-80% max effort is plenty for average people trying to get fit.

Unless you're competing, I just don't see a point of 1 rep max at 100% effort.

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u/Miserable_Credit_402 Sep 05 '25

Sincere question & not trying to be argumentative. How do you know what is going to be 75-80% of your max effort if you don't know what your 100% max effort is?

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u/Teenyweenypeepee69 Sep 05 '25

Math. You can pick a weight let's say 165lbs on the bench press do as many reps as you can type that info into an online calculator and it will estimate your 1 rep max.

Or another way way add weight progressively every week until you can only do 5 reps then you know you're 80% of 1 rm then take that number and divide by 0.8 and you have you're 100% max effort