It's in the instructions. Weeks 2 and 4, you're supposed to stay in the same column as Weeks 1 and 3. Exhaustion tests after 2, 4 and 5. That's according to the website.
In reality, I think all of us here are finding that we're moving down columns and/or back and forth between columns as the weeks go on. And that the ability to do the column assignments in week 5 doesn't correlate well with the exhaustion test results after week 4.
Myself, I'm taking an extra day "off" today - off pups, anyhow. Pretty hilly 65 miler, then my cardio/strength class, and my delts are still a teeny bit sore from last week's pups, so completing the column 2 minimum probably wasn't going to happen today. Hopefully I'll feel stronger tomorrow (if not I'll still do them).
ETA: my personal strength gain is harder to quantify since I haven't done an exhaustion test at all, yetWhat I could do before I started was probably between 25 and 30. What I'm guessing I can probably do now - based on doing 40 on a 5th set in week 4 - is something between 45 and 50. So yeah - it's working for me too. I can definitely see the difference in my triceps, shoulders and chest.
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