The link to discuss this article was broken so I made a new topic. (http://www.mindandmuscle.net/mindandmuscle/magpage.php?artID=999238)

I was wondering about the plan suggested by nathan Polencheck:


Week 1 5-6
Week 2 6-8
Week 3 8-10
Week 4 < 4
(ratings on the perceievd exertion scale)

is this to say that the lower exertion weeks require you to do more sets to reach failure, or not?

Specific example: I currently do 3 sets of 10, so if i were to use the above plan would I use a light weight in week 1, and do 3 sets of 10 (meaning I probably wouldnt get very tired at all and wouldnt ache etc the next day)? or would I use that lighter weight and keep doing sets of 10 until I reached failure (maybe 6 sets for example)?

thanks for the help

-alex