lifting question

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Ed Gasket

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i understand the basic principles behind muscle building, but am curious to know when you have lifted enough for that particular session. I work to failure on all muscle groups with long rests in between 1-2mins using heavy dumbells. However if i rest long enough i can always pull out another set and this could go on all night if i wanted to. I guess what i'm trying to say is when do you know when to stop? i know its a silly one but how do the rest of you feel after training? and when do u say to yourselves enough is enough? :cool:
 
This is a hard question to answer because we're all different. You'll just start to get a feel when you know you've had enough.
 
you could just go by volume as well...
if you lifted x amount of weight for x amount of reps for x amounts of sets, just make sure you increase each workout, weekly, however. This can be done by increasing the load, number of reps, number of sets, or a combination.

Hope this helps!
Wes
 
Some general rules about lifting. 25-50 is a volume in reps to shoot for when concerned with hypertrophy. Strength gain, your intensity should be 80% or greater. More rest time targets your cns more, while less rest time targets your muscles more and can get into cardio health if it's low enough as well.

A couple of workout plans that involve both of those.. 5x5 and 10x3 are both good.

Rest time is a factor and variable you want to use depending on your goals at the time, and to mix things up.

You can leave reps and weight the same, and lower rest time to change things up. You can lift more weight and raise rest time.. while doing the same volume and reps.

My rest times vary from 1-9 minutes depending on what I'm doing at the time. When I'm doing 3x3, I get up to the upper limit of 9 minutes or so. When I'm doing ballistic and speed work, I only need a minutes. When I'm doing 5x5, I vary from 1.5 to 5 minutes to keep things fresh.
 
my sets and reps vary depending on what i'm doing, but my rests are short 60 to 90secs and i use a slow tempo when moving the weights, i am going for strentgh and strength endurance. that works for me at the moment..
 
Personally I shoot for 18 to 21 sets and very rarely go to failure. Hypertrpohy routines that I have done do not recommend going to failure. The goal is to always improve. Add a little weight, cut back on a little rest, do one more rep. Do one thing better the next time you go to the gym and you don't need to go to failure.
 
I have the same problem where as you could just go forever and ever...When im done with my sets that i do to make sure that im about done i do a few pushups or a few excercises that hit that muscle and see how it feels.
 
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