Front Squat %

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I ran a search, but can't seem to find anything on this point. The front squat percentages are based on one's max back squat. My front squat, however, sucks with a capital s. I'm not sure I can complete the reps set for the first day of week two in #29 even if I were fresh. Have others adjusted these percentages downward? I'm going to have to, so my question isn't if I should, but more along the lines of what type of effort are people putting in on these (i.e. near failure, a couple of reps left in the tank, etc.) so I can decide how far downward to adjust.

[benburgess]

Just make it feel like the relevant %'age. I.e if it's meant to be 80% but you feel like you could do twice as much as what you've got on the bar, add more. If it feels like a 1rm, take some off. 80% should probably be something like a 6-7rm

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Thanks, I did these the other day and I was actually better at the front squats than I remember being. Next time around I'm going to try them with the real percentages.