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Switching to heavier weights

  • 20-12-2015 4:31pm
    #1
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, hope someone can advise me on something.
    I'm female, late twenties and I joined the gym 6 months ago.
    Three stone gone, healthy eating, etc etc.

    When I joined the gym and started doing weights, I started with 5kg weights for my arm exercises.
    I'd do 2 sets of 16 reps.
    That was grand. After a little while, I switched to 6kg.
    A gym instructor advised me to do 9-10 reps each with the 6kg.

    Now today I've switched to 7kg weights and I'm just wondering how many reps would be advisable?
    There was no-one around I could ask today and I thought maybe someone here might know.

    Is it just "Do as many as you can tolerate?" or should there be a recommended amount?

    Thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Stay with 9-10 reps. If you find it easy to complete, or if you are able to do say 12+ on the last set. Then you should increase to 8kg imo.


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