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I am currently doing the R2R2R program and am going on the second week of the ME workouts. Last week I did the prescribed 5% body weight for the 30min and averaged 184bpm. My legs definitely felt it but not to the point where I felt they were the limiting factor. Should I make any changes for this weeks ME workout or continue with the prescribed weight progression.

[Scott Johnston]

With these or anyone’s stock training plan we do not know who will be using it and their personal level.  So we must start very conservatively.  In your case you might want to jump to 10%BW.  Be a ware that the fatigue may not show up until a couple of days after that training session.  You can use the recommendation in our ME article as guidelines. https://evokeendurance.com/muscular-endurance-all-you-need-to-know/

Scott

[zsmith]

Hey @Scott Johnston-

I just did week 1 of the ME gym based workout mentioned in the ME article.  After 6×10 of SJS, and SJ I felt very little fatigue in my legs.  I added 15% BW to the BSU and FL.  I never felt any localized burn or appreciable fatigue after completing 6×10 of each.  I went ahead and did the Goblet Squat/press 5×10 (20% BW) and KB swing 5×10 (40% BW) to the same effect.

My goals are mountaineering based, so I’ll also mix in some step uphill/stair-stepper carries in addition to the gym based ME.

Given the fact that I felt such little burn/fatigue of the gym based ME, which variable would you manipulate first, Weight, Sets/Volume or Rest time?  Or would you manipulate all three?

My background is as a power athlete, football player then Olympic weightlifter. While I am no longer training as a power athlete, I have 20+ years of training that way and a very high base of strength. For BSU or FL in a strength block I would normally use 80-100+% BW for sets of 8-10 for example.

Thanks

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