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Sets and reps

Sweeny Posts: 120 Joined: 2001/07/26	2002/06/20, 03:09 PM For the last couple of weeks I have been doing reps as fallows, 3 x 12,10,8 or 3 x 10,8,6 for a lot of my excercises and I was just wandering something. When I start say bench with 200 pounds for 12 reps, I will also do 200 pounds on my 10 and 8 reps, all to failure. My body just seems to fatigue right along with with rep range. Is this bad? Should I be moving up weight each set? ---------------------------- Sweeny, Athlete and Bodybuilder
Boddhisattvha Posts: 1,226 Joined: 2002/03/07	2002/06/20, 03:18 PM Yes, moving the weight up is the principle behind a pyramid system. Sounds like you are lifting to heavy off the bat. You should do about 60% of your max on the first set. You shouldn't fatigue really at all. Then up it, and up it again. Ft has a warm up set that they give, whereas you are just doing it cold. Try adding 14,12,10,8. -------------- Practice does NOT make perfect. Perfect practice does.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/05, 09:28 PM If you never move the weight up and contintue to do each set with the same weight you can never grow....
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/06, 08:43 PM If you reach the point of being able to get the 12 reps then increase the weight then yes, you can make gains. What I said was what sweeny wrote, that he has not increased the weights at all for the last few weeks....not that he could not gain size.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/06, 09:01 PM it is allright that is what I thought you were going for....just came out a little mixed LOL I think we all got it though....LOL