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Personal Exercise Program Goal - Weight Loss & Definition Training
Personal Experience Level - Beginner
Training Days per Week - 3 days
Ok now my first day starting this program was yesterday. It was working triceps, shoulders, and chest. It seems to me that I have a very high number of sets and reps for each exercise. I have 4 sets for every exersise, with 20 reps for almost all of the first sets. I'm not sure how much weight I should be using either. It just seems like a lot of reps.
Can anyone inform me if this is correct? Thank you.
Yes this is correct for this program. The first set is always a warmup set use a weight that is very light do them nice, easy at an even pace. Chosing a weight is hard yes, always go lighter than you first chose is a good rule of thumb. For example, say that on shoulder presses you pick up a barbell and add weight to it till ti weighs 135lbs that is of course way to heavy. Lower the weight till you have just the bar (45lbs) if you hit all the reps for that first set very easy you know next time to add 10lbs or so to it. Hope this makes sense.
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