Thread: Average rep increases per session

Setting aside the multitude of variables involved
(muscle groups involved, sets, weight increases,
rest duration, target number of reps, ...)
how many reps stronger are you on average from
one workout to the next?

Mine averages 3-6 reps.

Originally Posted by sosc

There is also a strong relationship between weight
increases and doing more reps. As an example consider:
adding three reps equates to doing the same reps as before
but adding 2.5 lbs of weight to a barbell.

Generally how much weight do you add per session?
I imagine it differs from one exercise to another.

Out of curiosity, how do you measure progress?
I find statistics such as reps increases important
for measuring how well my system (diet, rest,
target reps and sets, weight, etc) is doing. I am always
trying to improve one way or another.

Really does vary from person to person i guess, but personally my strength increases are sporadic, even with consitant diet, usually i will pretty much stagnate for a bout 4-8 weeks on a weight getting roughly similar rep ranges then I will just be able to jump like 40-80lbs, is odd and doesn't make sense to be but is how it is.
for example today did cheat pressdowns today as 2nd exercise after my normal weight on close benches @300lbs, normally 265lbs is most i can handle, this week i banged out @350lbs easily for 10 and nothing has changed over the course of the training.
i go off the mirror and the tape, strength increases due to their nature for me are a poor indicator