Remember: The first round of workouts in Occam’s Protocol are all about finding a “starting weight” for the Protocol.
Chest Press
| Weight | Rapidity | Repetitions |
| 70 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 90 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 110 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 130 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 150 lbs | f/2 | < 0.1 |
| 90 lbs | 5/5 | 9.3 |
As with the first Workout A, that last round is the “actual” workout. This time, however, my math is already correct. Since I didn’t complete a set of five repetitions at 150 lbs, I calculate my “starting weight” for the chest press at 70% of 130 lbs – 90 lbs.
Seated Leg Press
| Weight | Rapidity | Repetitions |
| 70 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 90 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 110 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 130 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 150 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 170 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 190 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 210 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 230 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 250 lbs | f/2 | 5 |
| 270 lbs | f/2 | 1.2 |
| 190 lbs | 5/5 | 20+ |
This exercise was a bit more interesting. If I had pushed myself, I could have made it through the initial repetitions at 270 lbs. Instead, though, I stopped myself because it was taking so long to break, and I was under a good deal of strain. Mind you, I’ve never done weight training before. Because of this, I took the 70% of 270, arriving at 190. Even still, I wound up pushing through 20 repetitions under 190 lbs before stopping myself for the same reason: while I might have been able to push through, I really needed to get to work.