Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54577

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 weight

luverofold
luverofold
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Joined: 2010/02/20
United States
2010/02/28, 03:24 PM
I am 57 years old and beginning to work out. How much weight should I begin with?
Sidume
Sidume
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Joined: 2004/01/28
United States
2010/03/19, 02:17 PM
If you're just starting use what you can comfortably do for a set of ten - twelve repititions.

Wait a minute, then increase the weight if you feel like you could have done more. Do another set.

Repeat with increasing weight until you get to the point that you are struggling to do the tenth repetition. Write that number down, call it X.

Next time, plan on three sets. The first, as a beginner, back off X by 10%. Do a set of ten. Then do a set at X (you might find yourself having no problem with X if you tired yourself out finding X before). For the third set try to do X + a little more, depending on how many you did at X. That should get you started.