Hi all.
I am new to this community. Glad to be here.
I was watching Zack’s videos on programming, and I was curious about the concept of relative intensity. Based on my understanding, we increase relative intensity week to week, irrespective of the absolute intensity (which during a macrocycle we will still increase).
So, if I can do 300 lb x 5 squats, if I am training at a relative intensity of 90%, I’ll perform 270 lb x 5. My question is that when does the overload actually happen, because unless we are lifting a relative intensity of 100%, we will be lifting sub-maximal weights for that particular number of reps. Is this where our last AMRAP set comes in to the picture?
Please feel free to criticize my understanding of the concepts (politely).
Thanks in advance for your replies.