How To Use RPE The RIGHT Way

Matt Wenning goes over how to use RPE the right way. In this video, you will learn how to properly use RPE during your workouts, and learn if using it is right for you.

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[KillianDefaoite]

Every starting powerlifter needs to hear this! **Don't** try to PR every single week. You need to be responsible - take deloads, don't go for your top set if you feel absolutely terrible, and work on weaknesses and imbalances to actively avoid injuries, instead of just treating the injury when it happens. In the long term you will get injured way less and be able to train for many more years. You know what Matt says - "he who trains the longest, will be the strongest." I wish I heard all this when I was an 18 year old idiot.

[terryconjugateiron]

Last year I kept all my heavy squat sessions to around 90%. Whether it was for singles or doubles or triples I would adjust to my lighter "max". Did a strongman meet in October. Basically just log and axle deadlift. Dropped the deadlift by 10% for the next two months and squatted much more than I expected end of December. Another thing is, when I stopped anticipating the weight I was supposed to do at each session and kinda let myself go and base my sessions on instinct, I got stronger in almost every exercise I rotated every week.

[BaldOmniMan]

The best thing is that you add “if it’s right for you” a lot of people don’t use it as intended

[azngamer]

Once I started to base my compound lifts off RPE, and also started an actual PL program, I’ve noticed improvements mentally and physically. I’m a LEO and work shift work so not beating myself for not being able to hit certain percentages helped me. Took a minute to figure out what weights were what RPE but once dialed in, I’ve been feeling great

[mattwenning]

Please share around guys. This information is much needed in our community

[oldman]

I think this would be good for us older (40s/50s) guys as well. Sometimes life gets in the way (family/house/work). Sometimes life cooperates & you feel good/strong. Other times, not so much & last months light weight feels unusually heavy. It's even better when you walk in being sleep deprived for the past few days. This seems like it's good for preventing injury until you're body/mind feels good again while not losing valuable training time.

[Indbolwebelieve]

Best powerlifting channel on YouTube, btw Matt 700 pounds squat at 20 is not for the average guy even if you start training at 12😉

[dritanvarfi]

Great way to put it in simple explanation! RPE based training has sort of become the gold standard nowadays, while % based training smells like something of the past, and this video offers great clarification, especially for beginner-intermediate lifters. Would really like to hear Matt's thoughts on DAPRE way of training, which is I believe where auto regulation in training stems from.

[cyrilh.]

The last program i did was smolov jr for the bench and it was a really good idea to use a weight i hit for multiple times as the 1rm.
Will give the rpe‘s a shot.
Thx matt!

[mattmilstead]

Best explanation I’ve heard for the rpe scale. Great video bro!

[ArminEghdamiDrums]

"...if you have a stay at home wife bitching at you all the time"
-matt on how to save your marriage using RPE🤣🤣🤣

[eulisjarratt]

Top notch information. Extremely informative. thank you.

[bbszabi]

Using a working max of 90-95% of the 1RM (true or estimated) is the base of the Juggernaut system, too. I tried to go with the 1RM and it did not go well :)) Some lifts are fine with 95%, but some need that 10% drop. The other thing I like about Juggernaut is the built in self regulation, from wave to wave.

[Стефан]

Good video man, totally agree with you.

[atulamin]

Love the training and the gains will come

[eugenioconte]

My coach started to give me rpe frist time ever used it my assistant work i would do heavy now i reduce it to the rpe level and yes it was hard but worth it

[adrian]

Ngl I was caught off guard by the “so 10 being the hardest fucking thing you’ve ever done” 😂

[donoswald]

Just do what Feels good. Weirder Instinctive Training!

[Yeomannn]

But Mark Rippetoe says RPE is useless.

[sergeeneabsalon]

What are your thoughts on power-building? I have also wanted to be a powerlifter but I also still want to be able to incorporate my fave accessory exercises for hypertrophy.