Modifying #32

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OK, kind of a convoluted question...

I've run #37 several times now, with all of the bench percentages raised by 5%. This may seem blasphemous, but I've never had trouble getting all of my reps in.

Anyway, my question is when I run #32, should I increase the bench percentages similarly? My plan was to leave the first, third and fourth weeks as they are, as they seem to all be deloads (not counting the max/skills evaluation, of course). So I guess my question only applies to week two.

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I think you can add the 5% to week 2 also.

When planning out my programs for bench I always use a 1rm that's about 5-7% higher than my actual. Then I just use the percentages from the program. Your method works out pretty similar to mine. It works fine for me on 32 and peaking.

Good luck.

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Thanks for the reply, Doug, but I think you misunderstood. What I meant to say was that I would only be raising the percentages for week two, as the other weeks all seemed to serve as a deload. Though upon further reflection, I'm wondering if I could get away with it for week three also, because it still seems like something of a 'work week.'

Is it raining as much in Seattle as it is in Portland?

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Yes, it's pretty wet here too. I'm just about to start gathering the animals two by two.

I think you can use the higher % for all 4 weeks of 32. That's basically the way I have done it the last 3 times doing 32.