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stingo · 06-01-2009, 12:19 AM

Welcome to the forum. Since you're doing sets of 10, try choosing a weight where you can do 11 reps of the exercise, but not 12. This should put you close to failure, but not at it - which will help keep you from injury/burning out.

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stingo Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 8,491	Welcome to the forum. Since you're doing sets of 10, try choosing a weight where you can do 11 reps of the exercise, but not 12. This should put you close to failure, but not at it - which will help keep you from injury/burning out. __________________ Tom No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler Training Log, Progress Pictures, Kitchen Adventures, Classical Music Library, Relay for Life, Mundane Ephemera Current Goals: Under 200lbs and under 40" waistline