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September 08, 2025 | Daily Training Log & Simple Questions

Please use this post to discuss your training for the day or any simple questions you have! Talk about how lifts went, your workouts PRs achieved, goals set, whatever!

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u/edgy_flibbertigibbet 1d ago

I'm looking at the 5/3/1 Building the Monolith LiftVault spreadsheet. I inputted my 1RM for my bench press as 105kg. On Wednesday, Week 6, it tells me to do 90kg for 5x5 across. What? That's insane! I'm confused. Am I actually supposed to attempt that for 5x5 or is that some kind of rounding error?

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u/HumbleHubris86 Template Hopper 1d ago

You're supposed to use a training max, I think it's 85% of 1rm for BtM? So for a 105kg 1rm, TM will be 89.25kg. After 3 weeks you add 5lb/2.5kg so your TM going into week 4 would be 91.75kg. Week six should be 5x5 @95% so 87.1625kg.

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u/edgy_flibbertigibbet 1d ago

I don't think you've looked at the spreadsheet. Week 6 Wednesday is 95% of my TM, rounded up. My TM is already 85% of my 1RM. 1RM is 105kg. TM is 90kg. +2.5kg TM is 92.5kg after Week 4. 95% of that is 87.875. The spreadsheet rounds it up to 90kg. So, the issue is that the spreadsheet rounds up, when it should round down, but that means the entire spreadsheet is wrong. I can change the formula for Week 6 Wednesday bench, and I will, but that begs the question: what else do I have to change? Where else should I make the spreadsheet round down instead of round up? Everywhere?

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u/HumbleHubris86 Template Hopper 1d ago

It's on you to decide if you want to follow a spreadsheet or if you want to follow a program. The program is given for free on Wendler's website.

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u/edgy_flibbertigibbet 1d ago

Yeah I think I’ll manually check if all the numbers check out

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u/Voimanhankkija 1d ago

Blindly following some spreadsheet found online seems like a sure way to mess up your training, no? Fairly easy to set one up yourself. Can choose to round numbers up, or not. My gym has plenty of fraction plates to I don't round any of my numbers up or down

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u/Decoy_Barbell 21h ago

Just keep the website on hand and do a quick calculation before you hit the gym that day to make sure you've got the correct percentages. If you want to stay conservative with your lifts, you can always use the formula "=FLOOR" to round all the calculations down in your spreadsheets. Do it once for everything and you'll never have to do it again. Won't take longer than a few minutes if you're using the spreadsheet from liftvault.

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u/HumbleHubris86 Template Hopper 1d ago

Supposed to have a TM of 85% of 1rm, so start with 89.25 kg. Add 2.5 kg after three weeks (91.75 kg). Week six do 5x5@95% of TM, so 5x5x87 kg.