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Title: am I lifting too much??
Post by: LiftEaTsLeEpRePeAt on January 24, 2014, 08:02:16 PM
I watch guys like jay curling 50lb dumbbells...   I curl the 70s   now should I stop lifting so heavy and focus on more reps... 
same as many other exercises ..
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: temple_of_dis on January 26, 2014, 09:18:38 PM
do chinups and dips
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: wild willie on January 27, 2014, 08:30:16 PM
I watch guys like jay curling 50lb dumbbells...   I curl the 70s   now should I stop lifting so heavy and focus on more reps... 
same as many other exercises ..
weight really isn't that important.....imho.


Arnold, Jay, Lee Haney and many other champs didn't focus on weight.
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: keanu on January 28, 2014, 07:00:44 AM
Do what works for you. Of course you don't want to lift heavy all the time. In between heavy workouts should be lighter, not to failure  ones for recovery.
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: Rascal full on January 28, 2014, 07:14:33 AM
I watch guys like jay curling 50lb dumbbells...   I curl the 70s   now should I stop lifting so heavy and focus on more reps... 
same as many other exercises ..

Are you natural bro?
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: LiftEaTsLeEpRePeAt on January 28, 2014, 08:06:15 AM
Are you natural bro?
not anymore..   Im on 500mg of test a week now
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: Rascal full on January 30, 2014, 10:00:06 AM
not anymore..   Im on 500mg of test a week now

I found concentrating on the mind muscle connection and doing lighter but higher reps worked great on the juice. Not every workout but quite often.

You definitely will respond much better from stimulation so really target areas you want to stimulate. Good luck buddy.
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: Ace on February 02, 2014, 11:25:55 AM
Recently I dropped some of my training poundages down a bit in order to try and maintain certain bodyparts while focusing on other bodyparts, and guess what? I lost size in those bodyparts which I was trying to maintain with the lighter training poundages so therefore I've got to keep the training poundages up in order not to lose size. Yeah it's a real fucking bitch, but I've gotta do it if I don't want to lose size.
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: LiftEaTsLeEpRePeAt on February 02, 2014, 05:50:11 PM
really
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: jprotein210 on February 04, 2014, 05:29:44 AM
I used to train very high intensity, 4-6 reps to failure when I was natural, focusing on a lot of strength and it helped me, I just responded well to the lower rep range.  Now I have changed it a bit, what I do is warm up with 2-3 sets, working my way up to my heavy set.  Then I perform one heavy set of 4-6 reps (only for first exercise of the routine).  So for chest I would start with a power movement like incline bench or decline bench, ect. Then stick to 8-10 rep range for rest of sets, and maybe throw in a 15-20 rep set depending on exercise.

Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: 240 is Back on February 05, 2014, 10:59:27 AM
no such thing as overtraining... just under-eating.
Title: Re: am I lifting too much??
Post by: Ace on February 05, 2014, 09:44:15 PM
no such thing as overtraining... just under-eating.

 ;D

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