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fat2fit1981
fat2fit1981 Posts: 50 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
How do you know when to go up on weights? I am currently doing 40lbs which is almost easy but when I move up to 50 it is almost impossible but there is no 45 (cause its a machine at the gym at work)

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  • mich19025
    mich19025 Posts: 55 Member
    Thats quite a jump. What kind of machine is it?
  • fat2fit1981
    fat2fit1981 Posts: 50 Member
    i think its the chest fly machine. where you squeeze the arm things in front of you ( I know that sounds real ditzy sorry)
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    Most machines I know have dials that can add a little extra weight through resistance.
    For example, adding an extra 0,5 or 1 kg.
    have you checked for that option?
  • fat2fit1981
    fat2fit1981 Posts: 50 Member
    no I will check when I go back at lunch today. thank you :)
  • XavierNusum
    XavierNusum Posts: 720 Member
    Set a rep goal. So if 40 is easy for 10 reps, then do 15 reps with 40. You can also add an additional set. Once that becomes easy you can move to 50 but with slightly lower reps, 6-8 and work back up to 15.

    Oh and machines like that normally have the extra 2.5lb weights you sit on top of the stack. Normally black and sorta "E" shaped.
  • vorgas
    vorgas Posts: 741 Member
    • Sometimes there are also fractional plates that you can put on top of the machine.
    • Remember that the farther out on your arm the pad is the easier it is to do. You can adjust tension by adjusting your distance as well.
    • You may be able to attach a resistance band in some way.
    • Depending on how the pin adjusts the weights, you may be able to add a weight plate on the pin, such as a 2.5 lb.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    40 Lbs for what? Most of my lifts come in at different weights...for example, I can squat way more than I can bench and I can bench way more than I can overhead press and I can clean more than I can snatch. You shouldn't be doing the same weight for all of your lifts...different muscles and groups of muscles are capable of more or less.

    my suggestion would be to get on an actual program.
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