Hurri

ok i'm new to all of this and this may be a silly question BUT how do i know when it's time to add more weights?

Burner02

what rep range do you work in?
rule of thumb:
if u go by a 10 rep set:
if you can do more then 10 reps with a weight...you add enough weight to where u are having a hard time making that 10th rep in great form.
If u cannot get at least 8 reps out...u need to decrease the weight to be able to at least do 8..try for ten.
make any sense?

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Hurri

ok so max weight i can do between 8 to 10. and if i can do more than 10, add some more?

KarlW

yeah.

What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)

ponyboy

General guideline is don't go up by more than 5% in any given week - so if you're benching say 185 then you would try to go up by 5-10 pounds for your increases. On machines just move up to the next plate.

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Tha Don

if your using 80-90% of your max each session i'd agree, up the weight pound by pound or plate by plate, personally i add/drop weights every week, i never hit any body part with the same routine consecutively

i used to value a productive workout on how much weight i pushed, but now i do stuff like try and get more reps/sets out, try and get through the workout faster (cutting rest periods etc) and use of advanced training principles (all the weider stuff), it ain't always about using bigger weights each week

Tha Don

exactly, so why are you asking us? you have a much better idea than what any of us do, we are not a bunch of psycics man i can't tell you whether a weight is too heavy or too light for you because i can't see you lifting it, i'd say as soon as you feel you can add weight add it - but it all depends on what your training for

peace

bulletproof1

strive to achieve something greater with every workout. if you arent quite ready to raise the weight, at least try to squeeze out more reps than your previous workout.

j rizz

do you keep a log of any sort after you lift..?? if you dont get a notebook and write down what weight you put up and how many reps so then when you work out that certain muscle group the next time your in the gym.. you'll know what needs to be done.. and if you cant advance your weight all that much very quickly dont be too shy to even add 2.5 lbs on each side because its still 5 lbs. more than what you would normally do which will lead to a better gain then not doin it at all.