Lifting heavy questions for you

crazy4fids

If you are a complete beginner to lifting, then I would not recommend going heavy for at least a few months. You want to build up strength and endurance in your ligaments and tendons, especially if you are prone to tendinitus like you say. Keep the weight light and work higher reps, in the 8-12 range, for a few months. Add weight when you can get 12 reps for all your sets. After a few months you can keep adding weight and lower the reps down to the 5-8 range. The quickest path to injury and frustration is going too heavy too fast. Your muscles can adapt a lot faster than your tendons, which is why it's important to give them time to get used to moving and supporting weight that they didn't have to before.

Again, thanks for addressing my pronation to tendonitis. It is greatly appreciated.

Linda