Well let me start by saying, by all means, lol, take a break from singles for a bit. But second of all...

Make sure you have plenty of time set aside for these kind of sessions. The best thing is to realize that the circa maximal work is the bread and everything else is just the butter. If you are pressed for time you can always turn the workout into supersets or trisets after the ME work if you have to.

Just because you miss an attempt doesn't mean your are getting "stapled". It's just reality. Those two misses in my max book would have counted simply as one single. I would have taken plenty of rest...even up to 7 minutes if needed..drop back down the weight and continued getting my singles. So that would have been 3 and I would see about the 3 more.

In this case the 100 kgs (220 lbs) may have been your max for the day. So one hundred percent.

The two 90 kgs lifts (198 lbs) are both 90% so that is to pretty good singles.

Do you have fractional plates? If not get some. Or get some washers or something.

You know it seems to me that so many people aren't getting just how much difference there is between a couple of percentage points in these near max lifts.

When you're doing the 5x5 a very small jump does not make a huge difference. You're relying on progressive overload over time. It is not the same with this kind of stuff. A couple of pounds is a big deal.

Just because you miss a pr attempt doesn't mean you have to scrap the whole plan. Changing the plan like you did is part of it. You NEED to be able to say, I smoked that, I think I have more in me. But you also need to be able to say, oh, well, I missed but I'm still getting quality work in. You know, it's kind of like crying over spilt milk to lament a pr you never really went in planning to make anyway.

You are not at the point, imho, that a missed lift represents a huge investment of energy. Misses tend to cost more the more advanced you get. But it ain't like a missed deadlift or something, either.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.