Learn 5/3/1

Training Max (TM)

Your Training Max is a deliberately conservative "working max" used to generate every percentage in the program.

By default it's 90% of your 1RM (some templates use 85%).

Why lower? Because 5/3/1 is about long-term progress, not one-rep heroics.

If your main sets feel too easy the first couple of weeks, that's the point — you'll be crushing AMRAPs by week 3, and your TM will climb cycle over cycle.