Tom Treutlein
New member
Alright, with my new training routine I have two methods I could use to deteremine whether or not I should increase the weight the following week. All exercise I have are done in a 2x8 fashion, so I could either:
Take the last set to failure and if I fail at 13 or more reps (outside the 8-12 rep range) then I move the weight up next week.
OR
Preform 2x8 one week, preform 2x9 the next, then 2x10, and then on the 4th week back to 2x8 but with a 5-10 lb. weight increase.
Which sounds better? The second progresses a lot more slowly but it will be more difficult to plateau (for obvious reasons) but the 1st one has you pushing yourself to the limit at the last set of each exercise to see where you're at and if you estimated your weight right to stay in the 8-12 range.
Take the last set to failure and if I fail at 13 or more reps (outside the 8-12 rep range) then I move the weight up next week.
OR
Preform 2x8 one week, preform 2x9 the next, then 2x10, and then on the 4th week back to 2x8 but with a 5-10 lb. weight increase.
Which sounds better? The second progresses a lot more slowly but it will be more difficult to plateau (for obvious reasons) but the 1st one has you pushing yourself to the limit at the last set of each exercise to see where you're at and if you estimated your weight right to stay in the 8-12 range.