How to Select the Weights Used During Your Workouts Bill Starr said one time that the most confusing aspect of setting up a strength program is selecting the poundages to be used for the various sets of an exercise. A lot of lifters can’t decide the weight to start with or the weights to utilize for all the intermediate sets as they work their way up to a heavy set of 5 or a max triple, double, or single. Starr even said that he spent more time giving advice on this than any other subject in lifting. I personally receive more questions about other things—a lot of lifters need help with an assortment of training stuff before they even get around to deciding weight selection—but I have noticed that this confuses a lot of lifters compared to many subjects. And it’s not just beginners, either. A lot of advanced lifters get confused, especially when changing over to a new program. Pe...
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