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Old 09-05-2009, 10:25 PM   #17 (permalink)
DouglasCole
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Just did my first 3 x 15 upper body workout in hyp 1 and it killed me. I found that I had to lower the weight considerably to finish the 15 reps. I was wondering if other people had a similiar experience. How much weight should you have to decrease from the amount you used for the 5 x 5.
Someone once told me that 10lbs was about two reps. So if you're moving up ten reps, you might have to take 50lbs off the bar!
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