How many sets a day should you do for weight lifting?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,671 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    Completely depends on your goals and programming.
    This. Many of my clients are just trying to get in shape, so 3 is the default. But for a couple of my clients who are trying to gain muscle, we do 4-5 sets and multiple exercises for one body part.

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  • ninerbuff
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    tcjay100 wrote: »
    It depends TO build muscle I do pyramids where I start with a set of 10 at 45 and drop the reps by two and increase the weight by 5 pounds for each set. The final set is usually 6 reps. The other option if I am just looking to tone my muscles, is lighter weights with maybe 20 reps.
    You mean try to "lose" body fat? Lifting weights with high reps DOESN'T target body fat.

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  • 5K85
    5K85 Posts: 98 Member
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    Doing curls and upper body strength training. Just taking it one work out at a time.
  • 5K85
    5K85 Posts: 98 Member
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    I'm using weights till I can get to the gym to do other exercises, doing my best.
  • 5K85
    5K85 Posts: 98 Member
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    I did a full work out exercise warm up and cool down sets and reps and finished it.
  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
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    It depends on you and your goals. Personally for strength training I do 3 sets of 20 reps [or until muscle fatigue hits] with a 30 second rest between sets, adjusting the weights as needed.
  • 5K85
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    xvolution wrote: »
    It depends on you and your goals. Personally for strength training I do 3 sets of 20 reps [or until muscle fatigue hits] with a 30 second rest between sets, adjusting the weights as needed.

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