Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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how much heavy is heavy?

aljo1
aljo1
Posts: 38
Joined: 2003/04/29
United States
2004/06/26, 09:48 PM
Hello, everyone. we hear that magical word a lot, that's the word that coud bring the best results into someboy's training--at the same time is the word that could bring along the injuries. Ok, an exaple is: I'm doing squats with more than 225lbs up to 265lbs--that for me is heavy-but I manage to do sets of 10 to 6 to 4 reps with those weights. I noticed that I didn't go as far down as parallel, so while reducing the weight, I could go for a more controlled exercise-the form is good, the weight feels good, and getting a better range of motion--I started doing squats with 175 to 185lbs. The weight feels heavy but more controllable at the 175 to 185lb.. Should I stick to that lower weight range and increment around 5lbs each week? What you guys think?