S2 EP19: Why Your 1RM Is The Base Of Your Training

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Constantly Varied Gear

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Have you tested your 1-rep max recently? Have you ever tested it? Why is it important? In today’s episode, Rachel and Kelsea discuss the importance of testing your 1-rep max. Listen in to hear what they have to say about when it’s appropriate to test your 1-rep max, why testing matters, and how to do 1-reps safely.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

The importance of testing your 1-rep max
What a 1-rep max is
When it’s appropriate to test
What you do after 1-rep testing
How often you should be testing your 1-rep max
Doing 1-reps safely
Putting your ego aside
Calculating your training max
Getting your training prescription right
Why you don’t test every day

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0:00.0	Absolutely. Testing a one rep, even though it might seem like to a beginner, like, oh, testing
0:06.3	a one rep is how I build strength because I just do my heaviest every day that I can't. That's
0:11.5	actually not how you build strength. That's not how you build. That's how you test what strength
0:15.2	you have built. But actually, the strength building happens in your everyday training, and you are not anywhere near your one rep in everyday training.
0:30.5	The big question is this.
0:34.3	In a world of fake Instagram models and fad diets,
0:38.3	how do real people achieve their fitness goals?
0:42.3	We are an army of hardworking women,
0:46.3	changing their lives through fitness and health.
0:49.3	Wherever you are at on your journey,
0:52.3	we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life.
0:59.6	Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere.
1:03.5	Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast.
1:09.4	We're on.
1:10.7	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Thick by Save Lives podcast.
1:14.6	I'm Rachel.
1:15.6	And I'm Kelsey.
1:16.6	Do you ever have one of those moments where you're like, I'm an adult?
1:20.6	Besides like when you have to pay your mortgage.
1:23.6	Yes, two things before we start on that.
1:27.7	Sometimes you're like, oh, I'm an adult.
1:30.1	Or a situation comes out and you're like, where's an adult?
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