Hey all, this is my first post here, so just like to say hi to y’all (my pseudo-attempt at American English…). Anyway, just got a few questions with regards to settings weights.
Ok, so I’ve just finished an 8 week programme with high reps and high (for me) weights, typically split-body part programme, and although I gained an appreciable amount of definition and muscle ‘tone’, my weights didn’t go up as much as expected. So, for example my bench press started off at:
Set 1: 15 reps @ 50kg
Set 2: 12 reps @ 50kg
Set 3: 7 reps @ 50kg
Set 4: 4 reps @ 50kg
And by the end of the programme I was on:
Set 1: 15 reps @ 50kg
Set 2: 13 reps @ 50kg
Set 3: 9 reps @ 50kg
Set 4: 6 reps @ 50kg
This is with approx 30secs in between sets. Now, this doesn’t feel like a massive increase in 8 weeks, and many of my weights haev been like this (particularly mil. press and barbell curl). Now, I’m not sure if this is because the weights were too light/heavy/rest period too little or whatever. I’m looking to do another spilt programme, maybe the ABBH one, or another one I have at home, but they are all multi-set, and I don’t want to have the same problem.
So, when you go through the sets, should you decrease the weights to account for increased fatigue, or keep the weights the same and try and increase the reps each week or what? Really not sure what to do with this, and I’d appreciate any help. advice on this. Cheers guys.
P.s. Meant to mention I’m probably more an intermediate weights guy rather than a beginner, but I didn’t know where else this would fit in.