STOP increasing the WEIGHT during your SETS!

Alright quick tip, stop increasing the weight during your workouts. If you do a heavy set of bench press for 80 pounds, then increase your next set to 90, and finish your last with 100, those first two sets are pretty much just a worse version of a warm up set with all the extra fatigue of a working set, since you could’ve just started with more weight to begin with. So, instead, do your actual warm up sets with lighter weight and lower reps, then start with your heaviest weight first and either keep the weight the same for your next couple sets, or drop it if you have to.

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[noscaasifilmstudios]

At this point I'll be suprised if I can even walk into a gym correctly

[Alfitness_x]

I swear everyday some new guru wants tell people to stop doing what’s been working for years

[trapboost]

You could do say 80lb 12 reps, 90lb 10 reps, 100lb 8 reps etc. as long as each set is within a close range of failure it’s going to be effective. No need to overthink things as long as you’re sticking to that key concept.
I usually do 3 sets per exercise at the moment. I start with a ‘warmup/primer’ set, which will usually be 4-5RIR, then I up the weight for the 2 working sets which usually go somewhere between 2RIR and failure.

[BogardMajeed]

good advice. it's always better to invest energy in high intensity sets instead of holding back in early sets.

[Darknight_]

Honestly, I don't think this matters all that much.
I usually start with VERY light weights and work my way up to the desired weight in whatever increments that's available.
When I am going through the low weights, I focus mostly on breathing and making sure I'm doing the exercise in good form through all the weight levels. Sometimes I notice that I lose good form after a certain weight. In this case I lower the weights and work on the level lower level with good form until I can do the higher weight in good form.
I don't want to work out my tendons and ligaments lol.

But, I think it's still fine if you start kinda heavy as long as you stretch to minimize risk of injury.

[paulusquagmire]

I listen to a good friend of mine who is a beast natural. He says using the reps 15-12-10-8 is still the best method.

[jayh]

Would love to see a detailed vid on progressive overload great vid boss

[docmc]

The best work out for me has been starting with normal weight that you can do 10 reps of and then increase the weight with the expectation of lower reps as it gets heavier

[kevinotero]

U could increase the weights and decrease the reps for example: 80x12 90x10 100x8 or do warm up sets to your working sets like in the video but whatever works for you everyone is different

[pauldillingham]

The problem is Bill Starr was really into ramped sets and recommended them highly. In addition, there are many powerlifters that have trained this way, such as John Kuc.

[nanquan]

This little tip literally revolutionized my workouts and brought me back on track with my training. Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the many different factors, that you can forget little obvious things like this. I was going way too hard with my warmups which negatively impacted the quality of my workouts. Literally the same day of watching this I cut my warmup by more than half and had an amazing session. Thanks man!

[mykal]

I just push every set to failure at all times.

I've only injured myself with overuse and sprains 3 times this year. Worth it.

[adamkoehler]

A lot of people don’t know what’s their exact failure weight at an 8 rep scheme so this isn’t very helpful. Instead, if you know you can hit 80 lbs for a minimum of 8 reps, just go to failure at 80 lbs. if you hit 12 reps, go up to 90lb DBs and go to failure. If you hit 8, stay there for your other working sets, but your 80 lb set was still a working set since you went to failure

[RtsFps]

The top comments seem like they want YOU to fail. He's actually giving solid advice. He doesn't go into details, but this is known as double progression. Warm up, then start with a MAX EFFORT set, followed by 2-3 WORKING sets. Something like this:
100x8
90x8
90x8
90x7
Next session it's up to you how you want to progress but here is an example:
100x10
90x10
90x9
90x7

[eddieguerrero]

Every gym influencer says differnt stuff so I just do what works best for me

[nsanders]

Progressive overload asks that you test yourself and your strength over time, to determine when it's appropriate to graduate to a heavier weight. If I can successfully do x10 - x12 of a weighted exercise, I don't consider it heavy enough to 'work'. Sometimes that happens mid-workout, where I realize my current working weight feels light enough that I need to go heavier. There's nothing wrong with what you're describing - most people use this to determine their immediate strength of the day. Sometimes my working weight is suddenly too heavy! It doesn't hurt or slow gains if you're using a different methodology to access hypertrophy. Not everything needs to be optimized to absolute maximum efficiency all the time. Hypertrophy is hypertrophy; volume can get you there if you do enough. If the formula is different but the answer is the same, it really doesn't matter.

[jamalmakin]

Honestly, this is just something that works for him, just lyft till you can't no more

[Panda]

The way I see it. You go into gym and lift weights. Leave gym knowing you're better and healthier than that guy that walked into McDonald's. Proud of yall.

[kamb]

If Ronnie Coleman followed this guy's advice he'd never become Mr Olympia.

[ryang]

Made this mistake when I started out. Always increased the weights but my form got worse. Thanks max!