Generally speaking, in the field of fitness, "RM" is a word with unit nature, which is used to describe what kind of weight should be chosen during training.
RM is basically not used alone, followed by a number. You can probably understand it by giving two examples first, and then we will elaborate: Example 1:
For example, the coach said, "To achieve the ideal muscle gain effect, please choose the weight of 10RM, 1 group 10, and * * * group 6"-this means that in order to increase the volume of biceps more quickly, it is recommended that you choose the weight that you can't lift after bending for 10 times (this weight is
It can be seen that "RM" is an expression of weight selection standard relative to the trainer himself, but at the same time, sometimes RM also takes into account the times of each group. This time, the trainer often tries his best in the plan, so each group directly practices X times with the weight of xRM, so we may hear a friend describe his training plan like this:
Example 2: The description of "I plan to exercise my chest with a gradual pyramid plan: the first group 14RM, the second group 12RM, the third group 10RM, the fourth group 8RM, the fifth group 6RM and the sixth group 4RM" is equivalent to saying at this time:
"I'm going to use the progressive pyramid plan to practice chest exercises: the first group 14RM/ 14 times, the second group 12RM/ 12 times, the third group 10RM/ 10 times, and the fourth group 80 times.