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by tythemuscleguy 783 days ago
Ty from MuscleWiki here! If anyone is interested in knowing how/why we choose different rep ranges and fatigue levels for Men/Woman or wants to understand our choices, let me know.. happy to answer any questions.
2 comments

It's a cool idea. The results seem a little off, though.

I chose a full-body workout for a 52-y/o man (me), intermediate level focusing on muscle gain. The program suggests squats for 3x3-5, bench for 2x3-5, hip thrusts for 3x3-5, chin-ups for 3x4-8 etc. Those seem more like strength building rep ranges to me. Then weirdly, I get deadlifts for 3x6-10, which is odd programming for deadlifts. In total, I have 8 exercises for a total of 24 sets, which seems like it would take me a solid couple of hours to do. It's also massively focused on glutes and hamstrings for some reason, I have squats, hip thrusts, deadlifts and nordic curls in the same workout. That just seems like an unreasonable amount of volume.

You make it up like everything else in fitness, sometimes pretending there is some kind of bad science behind the ideas. Sometimes not.

Jim Wendler really summed up fitness to me. How to do a deadlift? According to Jim, the weight is on the ground and you pick it up.