Hi,
I was wondering when I should increase the weight on some of my exercises. To give a specific example, let's say I was doing military presses at 45x10 for 4 sets. I increased the weight to 50, and my sets looked like this:
50x10, 50x10, 50x9, 50x9
It's now time for another day of shoulder stuff. I know I can do 50x10 for 4 sets now probably without much trouble. Should I increase the load to 55 and maybe do 55x8 or 55x9, or should I wait until I can cleanly hit my target 10 reps with 50 lbs?
Thanks
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04-05-2008, 12:44 PM #1
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Should I increase weight if I'm 1-2 reps off target?
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04-05-2008, 12:49 PM #2
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increase the weight each set and do like 5x5 or 10,8,6,4,2
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04-05-2008, 12:56 PM #4
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you're military pressing 50lbs... You should be going for strength; and then size will come along with it.
"This is now. How can I change tomorrow, if I can't change today." -HateBreed
"If you're out of breath, dizzy, feel like vomiting, and can't remember your name... you are on the right road."
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- Goal 7-8% 165ish, then clean bulking for a year.
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04-05-2008, 01:37 PM #5
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04-06-2008, 02:10 AM #13
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I would personally save the PRs for the last set. Thats what I usually do. You REALLY don't want to try for a PR the first workout only to find that you failed on the 5th rep and now your shoulders are burnt to **** and you cant even manage the same reps/weight as last workout for the rest of your sets. For me, I don't mind taking it slow so I usually do a PR on the last set, then the next workout I still use the old weight for the first set or two, then the next week I try for all sets on the new PR weight. Usually by this time I feel good enough to try for another PR on the last set. Sometimes I feel good enough to set a new PR the next workout and I end up using 3 different weights for my sets!
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04-06-2008, 08:57 AM #14
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04-06-2008, 10:12 AM #15
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