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Guys how many weeks do u guys take to increase the weight, i usually take 2 weeks to go to the next weight but i feel i can do it faster as i do push, pull mostly skipped leg days, so i hit each part 2 times a week. what do u suggest let it be or stop being a pussy and try better

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there's no time frame cause everyone at different parts of their gym journey is gonna increase/decrease in weight differently

so just make sure your form is still good and you can reach failure

Start by increasing reps before u increase weights
Generally if u can hit 10-12 reps without reaching failure u should move on to the next weight

wrong lobby bud

You're basically asking about periodization, in which there is literally a giant literature and no single answer. I personally like the 5/3/1 protocol. If you wanna read about it in general you can go to jim wendler's website. Here's a quick write-up/review

But you're probably lazy and want me to just give you a full guide, so Ill do that

1. Go to this website - https://blackironbeast.com/5/3/1/calculator

   • Click "Simplest Strength"
   • Click "Real Rep Maxes"
   • Input your known PR's to the relevant fields, be very conservative ('press' is standing barbell overhead press, 'incline press' is incline barbell chest press). If you don't know them, find them out
   • Input your barbell weight : standard barbells are 45 lbs/ 20 kgs
   • Input what plates you have, or your gym has (if you don't know, just input 10 for "45, 25, 10, 5, and 2.5" and 0 for everything else, as this is generally what most commercial gyms have)
   • Click "Option 1: Fresher"
   • Click "5/3/1 Standard"
   • Leave "Joker Sets" Empty
   • Click "First Set Last"
   • Click "Deload 1 Standard"

2. Click Calculate Program

The idea behind this program is that each day you will have a main lift (Press - Deadlift - Bench - Squat), which you will work up to a '+' set which you will take to max effort and do as many possible reps as you can (and another max effort set after that that i've added, this one is called AMRAP - as many reps as possible - which you do the same thing. This was what was added by clicking "First set last").

The website will tell you exactly how many reps/weight you will do each set with. 5 x 95 means 5 reps at 95 pounds. The numbers in brackets are what weight plates go on each side of the barbell, which is a nice touch.

These + sets work in 4 week cycles, a 5+ week, a 3+ week, a 1+ week, and a deload which you take easy. It sounds complicated, but if you look at the program that was printed, it makes sense pretty quickly. It is crucial that you do the '+' sets with max effort, as that is what your progression depends on.

After the main lift, you do accessory work. This is what the different templates change. This particular one which I made you do has close grip bench, front squats, etc. After that it just names a body part, eg: Lats or Triceps. You choose an exercise of your liking which targets these parts (i.e. Lat pulldown, Tricep Pushdown), and do the prescribed reps. These should obviously be done at or close to failure, after a couple warmup sets of course.

So if it says hamstrings 10-20, 10-20, 10-20, after warming up you're doing 3 hard sets of 10-20 reps (whatever weight is appropriate for that) of hamstring curls for example.

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How you progress depends on how you did on your '+' set for the day on the main lift

If on the 5+ day, you managed 8 or more reps on the + set, you're good
If on the 3+ day, you managed 6 or more reps on the + set, you're good
If on the 1+ day you managed 3 or more reps on the + set, you're good

3. If you're good for all of the 3 weeks (last week is an ez deload), then you go back to the top where you input your PRs:
   • add 5 lbs to each upper body lift (press, bench press, etc)
   • add 10 lbs for every lower body lift (squat, deadlift, etc)

If you fail to meet those rep goals at any time, multiply your input for the relevant lift(s) by 0.9, at the end of the 4 - week training cycle

Remember that this recalibrating is only done once every 4 weeks, after you've fully gone through the entire printed cycle that came when you hit "Calculate Program".

4. Repeat forever, tryout different templates when you get bored of one.

And stop skipping leg day, stronger legs/glutes = harder you can smash your girl

Yuh_aye [#7]

And stop skipping leg day, stronger legs/glutes = harder you can smash your girl

Bold of u to assume a VLR user has a girl

hxnW [#4]

Start by increasing reps before u increase weights
Generally if u can hit 10-12 reps without reaching failure u should move on to the next weight

^ 10-12 reps for 3ish or so sets is what I aim for before advancing weights

Yuh_aye [#7]

And stop skipping leg day, stronger legs/glutes = harder you can smash your girl

Also leg hurt good = dopamine in ape brIn
Leg push bigger number. = Dopamine in ape brain

NRGSUPERFAN [#8]

Bold of u to assume a VLR user has a girl

I have one and i'm sure many others do too. I like to think not every person on this site is a babysasuke or sentinelmain

Yuh_aye [#11]

I have one and i'm sure many others do too. I like to think not every person on this site is a babysasuke or sentinelmain

yea u might need to recheck that information

NRGSUPERFAN [#12]

yea u might need to recheck that information

now that I think about it, ShanksFan69 is probably a no