Mongo Smash!

[andygates]

Woot! According to my beautiful spreadsheets, after today's workout I'm as strong as I've ever been even taking lifetime PRs. That's calculating 1RM lifts from my 5-rep training sessions, so it may be a bit off, but WOOHOO BABY!

[Tom Kenobi]

Good job! tho, I must admit some of the jargon is complete greek to me, I get the general meaning. Keep it up, as long as you are getting stronger, you are leveling up!

[andygates]

Let me just de-jargonate (I love me some jargon, ho yus):

PR = Personal Record

5-rep training = lift the thing five times.

1RM = 1 Rep Max = the most you can lift once only, your absolute heaviest thing.

There are various formulas for calculating what your 1RM is likely to be, based on your n-rep max. They're variably accurate -- generally a bit under, when you've got your blood up and a RARGH SMASH on. Linky for examples: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/One-repetition_maximum

I like 1RM calculations because they normalize your performance if you're doing different things -- you can guesstimate whether a 3-rep heavy thing is really progress on your 12-rep pumping set, for example. Also, of course, they're bigger numbers. Bigger numbers = happy ego!

[shredder]

Good job andygates!

[Tom Kenobi]

Cool! Thanks for the dejargonation. Makes better sense now (such a newb when it comes to workout jargon)! I was thinking RM = Range of Motion, but i think thats ROM. I'll have to check out the link. Thanks man & keep it up!