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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The Reps in the Programs...Help!

star4wars
star4wars
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Joined: 2003/11/05
United States
2004/02/01, 05:39 PM
When i look at my exercise program this site has made up, its says 20 for the first set. Is this suppose to be a warmup set? On other sites, i heard that you shouldn't do more than like 12 reps in order to gain muscle. Please clarify this for me!
2004/02/01, 06:10 PM
It is a warm up set. That is correct.

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Charlie
star4wars
star4wars
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United States
2004/02/02, 08:13 AM
Thanks Charlie...one more thing. As the reps decreases, should i increase the weight, or is it alright to keep it at the same weight?
yadmit
yadmit
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Canada
2004/02/02, 09:03 AM
I think it depends what you are after, but it seems to be the common theme to increase the weight each set...

Someone correct me if I'm wrong! :)

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Tim

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Aristotle