Anyone "NOT" increasing 5lb per workout
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kopmom
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I was curious if anyone was not increasing 5lb per workout? I so far am pretty good with lower body but anything with upper body I am having trouble already even doing 5 in each set (I am doing my 3rd workout tomorrow)
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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I increased 5 pounds on each lift for about the first month. Since then, especially on upper-body lifts, I am going up only in 2 pound increments. I think that is fairly common for women.0
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I think everyone has to stop increasing by 5 lbs at some point. But the whole thing is, as long as you're increasing you're still making progress. So I wouldn't worry about it and just keep going. Some are really rough to add 5 lbs to especially OHP.0
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Yes the OHP was by far my hardest and I couple not even do even 1 rep at a 5!0
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I'm definitely not increasing 5 lb per workout. Maybe per week. Specially not on benching and OHP.
I do try to add more sets here and there though (I usually do anywhere between 3x5 and 5x5, but then again I'm not strictly following SL anyway).0 -
The upper body lifts I can't - so I got a set of fractional weights so I can increase by 0.5 pound and still feel like I'm progressing - and other lifts I felt my form was off so I repeated a weight.0
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Fractionals, baby!0
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I only increase if my form is good and I can complete the reps. I'm repeating deadlifts (bad form @ 120 so doing another round of 110 on Friday) and I did 55# OHP twice since the first time @ that weight I couldn't finish the last set - should move to 60# Friday but we'll see. OHP's SUCK!!!! :happy:
But I've added a few other arm exercises so I hope to build that area up a little faster (bicep curls, chest flys and tricep dips).0 -
I do 5lb a week except for OHP - tho on Saturday I'm gonna try.
When I started, a few weeks in I had to start squats over (went from smith to a squat rack) so that one went 5lbs a workout.
I'm not following it super strictly though...0 -
I'm not increasing on every workout even anymore. I'm increasing when I can do the 5 sets with only a little wobble at the end of the last one. Then, I move up, usually by 5 pounds.
I'm doin' it wrong, but it's working for me!0 -
<- this gal. i increase weight on my upper body compounds (OHP, bench press, pendlay rows) whenever the heck i feel like it.
i usually warm up with just the bar, and use that to gauge how badass i'm feeling that day.
i am trying to work more on my legs, since that's where most of my fat is.0 -
I don't increase by 5 anymore. I have fractional plates, so I can go up as little as a pound if I need to. To me it doesn't matter as long as I'm going up!0
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Thanks everyone, made me feel better ! I may trying going up 5lbs each week and seeing how that goes0
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I am easily going 5lbs up on each of my lifts except for my OHP. Can't bust 70 so I'm gonna see about purchasing some fractional weights and go from there.0
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I'm on workout 25 today and I have stopped increasing OHP, Bench, Rows every workout for a while now. Anything involving arms takes a lot longer for me. Also my gym doesn't have 1.25 lb weights so I can't increase by 2.5 easily. So I'll often do the same weight for two workouts then try to increase if I feel it's time. Everyone will plateau with increases at some point!0
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Since I was new to lifting I did not increase 5lbs per workout.. I did it more every week. So you're not alone haha
I think now I feel more comfortable increasing the form more frequently!0
