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Hi,thanks for the advice. WOuldn't doing 15 reps every workout though mean going to (or close to) failure even during the "submaximal" workouts. Isn't this a no no? I thought the idea of finding your maxes was to start off light and work up to one's max?

I did a search through the archives, but couldn't find the answer I was looking for. Assuming I can do a max of 15 reps using my bodyweight only for chinups, how would I set up my plan for the 15s? Would I start off at about 9 reps (60% of my max) and add a rep every day until I am back at 15...