Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

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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Figuring out the weight to use

UDmatt
UDmatt
Posts: 5
Joined: 2006/10/06
United States
2006/10/09, 10:48 AM
So I am starting my set fitness program today after having just having been working out sapraticlly. I am using the program that the site has recommended for but I am curious to know how I should fiure out how much weight I should use for each set. I know the fatigue factor is going to be big for me as my muscle aren't used to doing this many reps. Any advice?
7707mutt
7707mutt
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Joined: 2002/06/18
United States
2006/10/09, 10:57 AM
Pick a very very light weight at first. See how it feels. DO NOT BE AFRAID to not get all the reps on each set at first or for that matter at anytime. ALways strive to reach them but if your form fails becuase you are trying for that last rep, well then that is bad news.

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