negatives: how many sets?

[jwbond]

i tried finding this in the faq and searching, so sorry, as I am sure it has been posted before.



how many sets are you suppose to do in the negatives? i am going to do my 2RM 1-2 reps, followed by 2-3 negative reps. how many sets though? 1? 2? 3?

(not counting warm up sets obiviously)

 

[Conciliator]

As always, volume depends on your individual recovery capacity.  Most people would keep the volume constant compared to the 5's.  So if you only did one set during the 5's, you'd do 5 reps during negatives (usually one set, like your example).  If you did 2 sets during the 5's, then do a total of 10 reps during negatives, etc.