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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Personal Plan - What size of weights?

shropshirelad
shropshirelad
Posts: 1
Joined: 2006/06/29
United Kingdom
2006/08/09, 10:29 AM
Hi there, new to site and a quick question. I have searched rooms but not been able to find answer, apologies if I missed it.

I have got my training programm which I'm raring to go on, however due to the amounts of reps non first set I am confused about how heavy to lift?

I know everyone differs but usually you're told "lift so that on 10th rep you are shaking and muscless start to fail".

How does this apply when first set is 16 reps? Do you use same weight throughout each excersie or increase as reps decrease?

FYI I am 6ft tall and 73Kg, so skinny but have a bit of a british beer belly! Goals are to build lean muscle and reduce fat, will be doing cardio after weights, I understand this may impede my success at muscle build but I want a healthy heart too!

Any help would be much appreciated as I want to go to gym tonight and get started on new routine!!

Justin
7707mutt
7707mutt
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Joined: 2002/06/18
United States
2006/08/09, 10:37 AM
1 st set is a warm up set therefore use a weight that is very light. Keep all weights light for a while to get used to doing the exercise. Then as that gets easier add weight.

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