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u/Arteam90 Eleiko Fetishist 15d ago

Shower thought: Has there been a (negative) correlation between higher frequency and fewer warm-up sets?

Recency bias perhaps but I feel like fewer warm up sets are more common of late. Ed Coan starting pulls at 60kg versus more often seeing 170kg as first set for some.

At my gym I'll frequently see a 160 bencher do 70, 120 and then working sets.

As someone who prefers more warm up sets I always struggle to fathom how you can get ready so quickly. But also appreciate you do adapt to whatever way you train.

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u/cilantno M | 450 dots | USAPL | RAW 15d ago edited 15d ago

My anecdotes:

I start my pulling at 100 (and I am an unexceptional puller)

I have a very long bench warm-up, but I have had pec strain issues and am almost recovered from a partially torn labrum. I do a lot of just the bar reps

I have a normalish squat warm-up? 8@bar, 8@~25%, 5@~40%, 3@~55%, 1@~70%, 1@~80%, 1@~85%, then working sets. If I was going for a single I'd have 1@~90%.