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Originally Posted by DJDIGGLER

Should I be keeping my rep range lower???

If you want to see what your 1 rep max is, yes you are. Everybody will have a different approach to gettting to their 1 rep, here is mine.

light sets:
135 for 12 x2 ( this is just for warming up, sometimes i do 3 sets)

Moderatly heavy ( to get deeper penetration and let your joints feel the weight)
185 x5 x1

Slightly heavier ( same reason)
225x 3-6 reps

then i go to my last 1 rep max and start from there, only hitting one rep and going from there.

Thats just what i do, i'm sure you'll get quite a few different opinions.

TweetI don't really do warmups because it seems to lower the amount of weight I can handle. Unless I'm trying for my 1 rep max which I'll put up 115lbs like 10 times to warmup, then I'll go for my max. But for regular workouts I never warmup.

I don't progress often anymore, and if I fall below 5 reps I lower the weight a little bit.

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Originally Posted by DJDIGGLER

I don't really do warmups because it seems to lower the amount of weight I can handle. Unless I'm trying for my 1 rep max which I'll put up 115lbs like 10 times to warmup, then I'll go for my max. But for regular workouts I never warmup.

I don't progress often anymore, and if I fall below 5 reps I lower the weight a little bit.

I can not push as much weight if I DON'T warm up. My warm up is something like:
135 x 5 reps
225 x 3 reps
315 x 1 rep

Then I do max or the appropriate weight for doubles or triples. I use this approach with all my heavy lifts (deads, squats, etc...)