Going up weights when at certon point - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Welshy_Pete · 17-06-2008, 09:18 PM

Hello I've been training 5 months now everything going well. Training Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. I been gaining good weight from 13 stone 8 to 15 stone 4 now.

Of course I change my reps when I go to the next weight also change weight reps I was doing before to compensate for the new weight.

Anyway I been going up weights in the gym at the start its alot easyer you go up faster then you get to certon point. Where the weights start to stop then you stay at that level longer. My question is when you get to this point whats the best way to work on going up to the next weight just keep training the same everyweek till you can go up the weight with taking longer?

Is there changes needed wen you get to this point were you start to feel weights are getting heavy and alot harder to move to the next stage weight?

Toregar · 17-06-2008, 11:54 PM

Do you do the same routine i.e. same exercises/order of exercises ?

Possibly sounds like you're approaching a plateau. If you're finding the weights harder and harder to progress then try switching things up. There are many ways to do this such as changing the order of exercises, changing the types of exercises performed, rep scheme, rep tempo, grip/positioning changes, rest intervals, training volume, training frequency and some other ones that I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Personally, if I find that I'm struggling to improve reps/weight on a particular exercise I immediately change something about the routine involving that exercise; I'll employ one or more of the suggestions up top. Our bodies are amazingly adaptive to the training stimulus we put on them and so you have to always be one step ahead :P.

Lost Soul · 18-06-2008, 05:38 AM

Just read on methods of progressions such as stepped and wavy. Charles stanley has some info on it if you have time to google

17-06-2008, 09:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Welshy_Pete Cymru Wales Welsh Am Byth Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: North Wales Wrexham Posts: 72	Going up weights when at certon point Hello I've been training 5 months now everything going well. Training Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. I been gaining good weight from 13 stone 8 to 15 stone 4 now. Of course I change my reps when I go to the next weight also change weight reps I was doing before to compensate for the new weight. Anyway I been going up weights in the gym at the start its alot easyer you go up faster then you get to certon point. Where the weights start to stop then you stay at that level longer. My question is when you get to this point whats the best way to work on going up to the next weight just keep training the same everyweek till you can go up the weight with taking longer? Is there changes needed wen you get to this point were you start to feel weights are getting heavy and alot harder to move to the next stage weight? Last edited by Welshy_Pete; 17-06-2008 at 09:32 PM.

17-06-2008, 11:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Toregar Progressing Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 184	Re: Going up weights when at certon point Do you do the same routine i.e. same exercises/order of exercises ? Possibly sounds like you're approaching a plateau. If you're finding the weights harder and harder to progress then try switching things up. There are many ways to do this such as changing the order of exercises, changing the types of exercises performed, rep scheme, rep tempo, grip/positioning changes, rest intervals, training volume, training frequency and some other ones that I'm sure I'm forgetting. Personally, if I find that I'm struggling to improve reps/weight on a particular exercise I immediately change something about the routine involving that exercise; I'll employ one or more of the suggestions up top. Our bodies are amazingly adaptive to the training stimulus we put on them and so you have to always be one step ahead :P.

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