weight lifting

Bellavita31

Alright my strong badass lifter's... I have been lifting sine October 2017 and I incorporated deadlift's in about two month's ago.. I am currently lifting 75 pound's and I know I can go heavier... My question is do you go heavier and less rep's or a weight you can do more rep's??

TR0berts

I'd suggest either working with a trainer/coach to meet your goals and/or following a tried-and-true strength program, such as one found here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

The program will tell you how and when to advance/progress.

cwolfman13

Bellavita31 wrote: »

Alright my strong badass lifter's... I have been lifting sine October 2017 and I incorporated deadlift's in about two month's ago.. I am currently lifting 75 pound's and I know I can go heavier... My question is do you go heavier and less rep's or a weight you can do more rep's??

Depends on what your objectives are. lower rep with higher weight is geared towards optimal strength gains.

Agree you should check out a structured program.

SCoil123

I work out with a group of women 3 nights a week and we alternate our primary lifts so one night is squats, deadlift, overhead press, then bench. We usually do 5x5 or 4x6 and are pretty consistent. I try to add a little weight to each lift every few weeks. When I add I try to see how many reps I can do with good form, sometimes it’s a full set and sometimes it isn’t. If I can do multiple reps, more than 2, with good form than I record it as my new weight for next time we do that particular lift.

Ex - My overhead press has been at 65lb for 5x5 for a month now and up until last night I was unsuccessful at taking it higher with good form. Last night I tried to do 70lb for my last set and got 3 reps instead of 5. I still recorded the 70lb as my new weight for the lift and next time we do that lift that’s the weight I’ll start with.

sardelsa

It depends on what the program says, but typically I aim to increase the load one way or another. Ideally I like to increase the weight. However, if that is too much of a struggle, I will increase the reps in each set. If that is a struggle, I will add at least one more rep to the last set, increase the weight on one or more of the sets, add holds, bands (depending on the exercise of course), less rest between the sets, or potentially take a deload if it has been a while since an increase and I notice form is being slightly compromised.