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sg516 · 08-17-2009, 01:55 AM

with your squat and dl i would say that as long as you are able to finish the reps and sets you should up the weight in the next workout. thats just my take on it. its ok if you try heavier weight and can't finish all the reps as long as you are giving it an honest try. the idea isn't so much to continue doing what is already comfortable (maybe comfortable isn't the word) for you but rather to challenge the muscles. i think that at 170 lbs just the bar seems a bit low. but hey, we all have to start somewhere.

the first couple time i did BI i couldn't walk right for days either. its tough but that is how you get stronger. now i am doing the workouts and upping my weight just about every workout and i am rarely sore. you adapt. anyway, i guess what i am saying is it will hurt like hell sometimes but its a good idea to constantly push yourself. and if you can't do the bar+20 than slap on two 5 lb weights and start working from there. but either way stick with it and always try to move forward.

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sg516 Without ME its just AWESO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Yokosuka, Japan Posts: 514	with your squat and dl i would say that as long as you are able to finish the reps and sets you should up the weight in the next workout. thats just my take on it. its ok if you try heavier weight and can't finish all the reps as long as you are giving it an honest try. the idea isn't so much to continue doing what is already comfortable (maybe comfortable isn't the word) for you but rather to challenge the muscles. i think that at 170 lbs just the bar seems a bit low. but hey, we all have to start somewhere. the first couple time i did BI i couldn't walk right for days either. its tough but that is how you get stronger. now i am doing the workouts and upping my weight just about every workout and i am rarely sore. you adapt. anyway, i guess what i am saying is it will hurt like hell sometimes but its a good idea to constantly push yourself. and if you can't do the bar+20 than slap on two 5 lb weights and start working from there. but either way stick with it and always try to move forward. __________________ I intend to live forever, so far so good. Swim! Bike! Run! 1.5k!, 40k!, 10k! Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.