Rate My RPE! (sorry no dik pics)

[mbasic]

I'm new to RPE.

Do you think this is a "@8" ? ... aka "I could've done two more?"

You can see it slowing down at rep 3.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

190#x3@8 Pres1.Oh

This felt much worse than it looked on video.... bar-speed-wise.

[mbasic]

Oh, and any advice on the pressing form would be welcome as well

[Manveer]

8 or 7.5, depending how well you can grind. 6 if you are Gilchrest.

[Skid]

Looks like 8.5 to me...

[cwd]

Looks like a 7 or 7.5 to me. But I'm pretty slow and grindy.

[ShuggyBear]

Rating the RPE of someone else is even more speculative than rating your own.

[Skid]

Best way to find out is to go to failure.

[cwd]

Rating the RPE of someone else is even more speculative than rating your own.

Very true. Only way to be sure is to do a set of three, rate it, rest 5 minutes, then do that weight again to failure.

[mgil]

I'll offer a guess of 8.

I'll also say that RPE in a single snapshot is really hard to guess on video. An onlooker would need a significant amount of data and history to give you a good rating.

Don't go to failure on press though. It's not worth it.

[strega]

I'm no expert but I was told you need to do it like "this" to get above 6.99

[mbasic]

I'll offer a guess of 8.

I'll also say that RPE in a single snapshot is really hard to guess on video. An onlooker would need a significant amount of data and history to give you a good rating.

Don't go to failure on press though. It's not worth it.

heres 185x5@10:



I know,
a whopping 5 lbs less right,
counting precious minuscule gainzZz as they barely come ...

Trying to figure out if I'm going the right direction. OR if I'm fooling myself.
I think the 190x3 was @8.
But it felt moar hard compared to how "easy" it looked on video.

[Skid]

Don't go to failure on press though. It's not worth it.

Just curious as to why you think that? I've done it a few times with no issues that I recall.

[ShuggyBear]

Nice pressing!

[mgil]

Don't go to failure on press though. It's not worth it.

Just curious as to why you think that? I've done it a few times with no issues that I recall.

I’ve gotten nagging strains when I’ve gone to failure.

[strega]

Trying to figure out if I'm going the right direction. OR if I'm fooling myself.
I think the 190x3 was @8.
But it felt moar hard compared to how "easy" it looked on video.

That's the rub in asking for input on RPE, it did look pretty damn easy for you.