1 Rep max

[anthrax]

How often do you perform a 1 RM ?

 

[Sammy Sosa]

once a week

 

[crew9]

Never

 

[Chris52686]

once or twice a month

 

[bebasshome]

Once every 3-4 months.

Brian

 

[super_rice]

once a month... unless i'm feelin like a greedy bastard

 

[WalkingBeast]

It was around 4x a week. Beast Lifts (partial or full), Deadlifts (partial or full) 1RM attempts on Back day (monday), Flat bench 1RM (thursday), and Incline bench 1RM on sunday. Sometimes I may drop a max attempt, but am pretty consistent. My training will be different until I recover from my back injury fully though. For my benching days, the focus rotates. For example, one month I may focus strictly on Rep PR's, then after Im done doing all I can with the reps (PR wise) I will attempt a 1RM. Obviously it is greatly sacrificed since my focus that day is reps. Then the following week I may focus on One rep maxing as my sole purpose. I will warm-up minimally and attempt 1RM. Sometimes many attempts, just as any other day, difference is Im not pre exhausted nearly as much. Then after Im done attempting 1RM, I will rep out, since reps are my secondary focus that month. So I train reps and 1RM everytime I do chest for the most part. Just cycle the order and focus around.

 

[Lord_Suston]

almost never now, I have no need for a 1max rep attempt. Unless beginning a new training cycle or going to comp I think it is wastfuls on the CNS and the injury it that might occur

 

[supersizeme]

maybe once a year. probably less

 

[needsize]

maybe once a year. probably less

same here, I'm a bodybuilder anyway, and the single maxes are just too risky for me

 

[JT Iron]

squat or deadlift or gm variation taken to 1rm once a week

sometimes bench or bench variation

 

[aerowana]

Clean and jerk ... only 1 reps for all my sets even warmup.... is that considered a 1RM?

 

[bignate73]

squat or deadlift or gm variation taken to 1rm once a week

sometimes bench or bench variation

same here.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

same here, I'm a bodybuilder anyway, and the single maxes are just too risky for me

agree- too risky. Im not training like a PLr... about every 6 wks works for me

 

[bignate73]

singles are risky, if you are shaky with your form, or have weak stabilizers. if you train both extensively, should be no problem.

 

[bigstve12]

havent in like 3months

 

[biogeared]

probly 3-4 times a year. my goals are mostly bbing related. some strength is nice though.

 

[harman_2005]

I do singles pretty often, but they're not maxes. I test maxes at the end of every 3-4 months, and then use those numbers to determine appropriate loading for the next workout plan.

 

[onerepmaximum]

We don't need no stinking 1 rep max. Funny, but I never do.

 

[onerepmaximum]

and the single maxes are just too risky for me

More like it's a pain in the ass gathering all the 45's you would need to max out on deadlifts.