26/05/2022
How Much Weight Should You Be Lifting?
I get this question a lot from eager lifters who want to build muscle, as well as losing fat.
You see in winter as it gets cooler…
It’s the perfect opportunity to build lean muscle!
And focus on your strength training.
Lifting enough weights, is critical to growth.
But it’s not the only factor that you should be focusing on.
Also this depends on the individual and type pf exercise.
For compound lifts (large / multiple muscle groups) - you always wanna go as heavy as possible with decent form. No crazy swinging / jerking.
For isolation exercises (small /single muscle groups) - You want to go slightly lighter but focus even more on your form and mind to muscle connection.
Always start off each exercise with 2 sets of warm up and to discover your working weight.
Your working weight should be your max weight you can do for 8 reps - so that the last 2 reps are tough but doable.
That’s how you can figure out how much weight you should be lifting.
Pretty simple yeh?
Once you figure out this baseline, you can use progressive overload and increase your training weight each month at least by 10% minimum.
When you follow these rules above?
Your gains will go to the next level!
Try it out and let’s get those results blowing up💪🔥
