On the other end of things, imagine a very heavy bench press. Going for a run is an example of a super light weight (our body weight) that we can lift a near infinite number of times (each time our foot hits the pavement). If we imagine a graph of all the weights we can lift as well as how many times we can lift that weight, we can imagine that on one end we’d have a super heavy weight that we can only lift once, and a super light weight that we can lift a near infinite number of times. Relative intensity is the weight we’re lifting relative to our personal limits. That might be 135lbs on a barbell, or a pair of 20lb dumbbells, or our bodyweight, or a cable machine or resistance band. However, more specifically, we use two exact definitions: relative and absolute intensity.Ībsolute intensity is the exact weight we’re lifting. Intensity is a measurement of how hard a set is. If we look just at volume, we immediately encounter another problem - intensity. So if that’s the case, all that matters is that volume is going up, right? As long as volume is consistently improving, so are we.
#Relative intensity chart driver#
You may have heard that volume is the most important driver of improvement. We define volume as sets times reps times weight used. Why do we train with certain rep ranges and not others? Rep ranges are the next biggest thing people trip over when organizing their workouts, even though they’re probably not as important as most people think.
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