[quote author="TomMartin" date="1248913287"]I like to start with 8 on most movements, progressive overload until it stops increasing. Then next week use your 8rm and only do 5 reps, progressive overload until you stop increasing your 5rm, keep same weight, do the same with 3 reps. A lot of times when doing this I end up hitting my previous 1rm for a triple. An increase in reps represents a strength increase as well as an increase in weight…
Most pulls I keep to 5 reps and below though. 8 rep deadlifts/cleans/snatches dont really make sense to me for some reason
i am doing something similar..i start off using 90%-95% of 5rm increase the weight by 5lbs every week until i only get 4 reps ..its working really good i should be able to rep my old max by 5 in two weeks..when i stall on 5 reps keep the same weight for next week going 3 reps add 5 pounds every week ..for Oly lifts i usually like to do between 1-3 reps and start of light and add 5 pounds every week until i find its getting very heavy decrease weight by 10% and build up again[/quote]
how many sets do you do for this set up