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If you are lifting so much weight that you fail on reps 6-8 then you should do no more than one set (plus the warm up set) and only work that body part once, maybe twice per week but no more than that.
Give those muscles two days to recover before working them again. Also, be sure to take your glucosomine, eat plenty of green veggies and you should be okay.
no i would not qualify, although i know you have made so many in your short stay.
no im probably on that strange face list, you know, the list.
thanks for sharing.
I could hear some crackling when doing heavy weights...is that bad? My left shoulder feels a bit tingly/sore/numbish is that bad?
Artsy if you can't complete at least 2.5 entire sets of 8-10 reps (the last set to failiure on at least the 8th rep) then you need to lower the weight.....you can do more damage than good if you are lifting more than your current muscle mass can handle....there's a difference between "ripping" and "tearing" the latter is not going to get you anywhere but out of the gym. Lessen the weight a bit, consistently work those muscles and you'll be able to steadily increase the weight your lifting.
Artsy if you can't complete at least 2.5 entire sets of 8-10 reps (the last set to failiure on at least the 8th rep) then you need to lower the weight.....you can do more damage than good if you are lifting more than your current muscle mass can handle....there's a difference between "ripping" and "tearing" the latter is not going to get you anywhere but out of the gym. Lessen the weight a bit, consistently work those muscles and you'll be able to steadily increase the weight your lifting.
No offense to lola, but I'm going to disagree with this entirely. By that advice, almost everyone I know who lifts weights, including myself, is using too much weight. Some people regularly do a SINGLE rep - for example, to determine their bench press 1 rep max. Some people powerlift every time they are in the gym, where they keep their reps in the 2-4 range for maximal strength gain. And almost anyone trying to gain mass or strength should be lifting to failure (ie, you don't stop doing reps until you can't perform the movement again) - the goal is to pick a weight such that you fail after doing a certain number of reps (whether that's 2-4 (strength mainly) or 8-10 (strength/size) or 16-20 (endurance) depends on your goals). I'm not going to get into how often you should lift or what rep range you should use, because that wasn't the question asked.
So long as you can perform a single rep of the exercise in question WITH GOOD FORM, and your muscles are adequately stretched / warmed up, you aren't going to hurt yourself. Now this advice is for someone who's been lifting a while, which I take it artsyguy has, not for a newbie obviously. And the key to this advice is WITH GOOD FORM. If you are cheating, you will be more prone to injury.
No offense to lola, but I'm going to disagree with this entirely. By that advice, almost everyone I know who lifts weights, including myself, is using too much weight. Some people regularly do a SINGLE rep - for example, to determine their bench press 1 rep max. Some people powerlift every time they are in the gym, where they keep their reps in the 2-4 range for maximal strength gain. And almost anyone trying to gain mass or strength should be lifting to failure (ie, you don't stop doing reps until you can't perform the movement again) - the goal is to pick a weight such that you fail after doing a certain number of reps (whether that's 2-4 (strength mainly) or 8-10 (strength/size) or 16-20 (endurance) depends on your goals). I'm not going to get into how often you should lift or what rep range you should use, because that wasn't the question asked.
So long as you can perform a single rep of the exercise in question WITH GOOD FORM, and your muscles are adequately stretched / warmed up, you aren't going to hurt yourself. Now this advice is for someone who's been lifting a while, which I take it artsyguy has, not for a newbie obviously. And the key to this advice is WITH GOOD FORM. If you are cheating, you will be more prone to injury.
lol.....please, feel free to disagree w/me.....by all means .
I've been a PT for about 5 years now and I've helped many different types of ppl with a variety of different needs.....Artsy might not be a true beginer but he's not a body builder either....I would venture to bet that he does not avidly (6-7 days a week) workout....hence, my advice to him ....Of course he should be overloading but if your only able to do 1 rep.....that's rediculous might as well just go out into the parking lot and lift up cars and call it a workout....you need reps.....trying to bulk up? You need to do at least 6 reps....
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Some people regularly do a SINGLE rep - for example, to determine their bench press 1 rep max. Some people powerlift every time they are in the gym, where they keep their reps in the 2-4 range for maximal strength gain. And almost anyone trying to gain mass or strength should be lifting to failure (ie, you don't stop doing reps until you can't perform the movement again) - the goal is to pick a weight such that you fail after doing a certain number of reps (whether that's 2-4 (strength mainly) or 8-10 (strength/size) or 16-20 (endurance) depends on your goals). I'm not going to get into how often you should lift or what rep range you should use, because that wasn't the question asked.
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