Group: Beginners to Exercise

Beginners to Exercise
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Eight sets?

DonBull
DonBull
Posts: 1
Joined: 2009/07/13
United States
2009/08/09, 06:39 AM
This week my program calls for 4 sets of Smith Machine squats and 4 sets of barbell squats. Is this not over working the same muscle group in the same session?
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2009/08/09, 11:25 AM
The first set is a warm up set, to be done with a lighter weight.

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