How often do you change your ME move?

[skaman607]

and why? I change mine every three weeks.

 

[t3c]

hey man, i change mine every week. They say beginners can change every 3 weeks...I didn't like doing the same move 3 weeks in a row. So i just switched it up weekly and its been working out great. Do you set prs each week on the same excercise? if not its time to switch up weekly

 

[DBCooper]

Weekly or my cns would fry.

 

[skaman607]

why would your cns fry?

 

[Devastation]

I started MM a couple months back and I found switching ME every two weeks seems to be my sweet spot for continuous strength gains.

 

[DBCooper]

Your body will get overtrained if you stay with the same movement continually, therefore you change the movement kepping your body fresh.

 

[Liftbig]

defiantly switch every week.

 

[Tiervexx]

what are the diffrent max effort movments that you would use to help with bench press?

 

[Parabellum]

I started MM a couple months back and I found switching ME every two weeks seems to be my sweet spot for continuous strength gains.

I didn't see that MM has ME days or switches exercises. That's not what they preach on their website.

 

[Liftbig]

what are the diffrent max effort movments that you would use to help with bench press?

the main movements i rotate are
2 or 3 board press
reverse band press (either blue of green)
floor press
carpet press

all can be done with different variations of grip, chains, bands, reps.

these aren't the only ones i do just the ones i rotate most frequently becuase i feel the make me stronger.

 

[skaman607]

What I was planning on doing was to go to a 3rm the first two weeks, and then to a 1rm the third week.

 

[Liftbig]

IMO i would do the 1rm first week, then 3 rep max, then 5 rep max if you want to do the same exercise three weeks in a row. but still recommend changin everyweek

 

[Devastation]

I didn't see that MM has ME days or switches exercises. That's not what they preach on their website.

"As you can see there is much more volume done on sat then on Tuesday and nothing is set in stone. The workouts are dictated by the way we feel and where we feel we need the most work to produce improvement." S. Burns

This quote from Sebastion can be found at the bottom of MM's homepage.

What I consider MM ME day is their Saturday. I've taken the close grips and alternate them with chains or bands, and the boards or rack lockouts I may alternate with floor presses depending what the day feels like, or if I feel I'm burning out on that particular exercise.

For their Tuesday's, I don't change anything except the decline. Unfortunately I don't have access to one, or an incline for that matter.

I appreciate you reading my post Parabellum. I have been coming to this board as a guest for the last 15 months. I have read many of your posts and consider you as one of the more knowledgable members of this great board. I've learned alot and hope to share with others what I have found works for me.

 

[skaman607]

IMO i would do the 1rm first week, then 3 rep max, then 5 rep max if you want to do the same exercise three weeks in a row. but still recommend changin everyweek

Why would you reccommend that rep progression?

 

[Liftbig]

becuase you will get burnt out on the exercise and you wont lift as much for 1 rep as you can if you do it in the 3rd week. you should alternate each week

 

[argent]

IMO i would do the 1rm first week, then 3 rep max, then 5 rep max if you want to do the same exercise three weeks in a row. but still recommend changin everyweek

If you change every week, do you go for a 1RM every week?

 

[Liftbig]

essentially yes. every once in a while we will do something for triple if we are beat up or what not. or right after a meet we usually do triples of fives for a few weeks. but in general i do a 1rm each week.

 

[skaman607]

becuase you will get burnt out on the exercise and you wont lift as much for 1 rep as you can if you do it in the 3rd week. you should alternate each week

Oh, I see, I was thinking of lowering the reps, instead of increasing them

 

[nivek]

I find that switching every two weeks works well. I set a number the first week then the second week I hopefully break that number.