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post 1627991383 01-09-2021, 12:02 AM
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how fast are you supposed to progress in weight amount?

for example...in a bicep curl what weight did you start with (10-15lbs?) and how fast did you move up to 40lb dumbbell? where are you now?

curious to know...in about a year i've gone from

bicep curl with db 15 ==> 30
ez curl bar 20 ==> 60
arnold db presses 15 ==> 40
ez curl skullcrusher 20 ==> 60 bar

not sure if i'm on the right track..
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post 1627992023 01-09-2021, 12:13 AM
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Well if you're not curling atleast 105lbs per arm you're not a miscer



I think you know you're on the right track, clearly you've been eating
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post 1627992053 01-09-2021, 12:14 AM
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+ 5 pounds per week
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post 1627992443 01-09-2021, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted By iloveus⏩
+ 5 pounds per week
thats not true for all exercises though...like for lateral and front raises with dumbbells...like i see most people do 15-20lbs and i never see them ever progress to more.

the only thing i see your average gym goer try and go heavier on is dumbell shoulder pressing and dumbell chest pressing...
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Originally Posted By tcatcrawler⏩
thats not true for all exercises though...like for lateral and front raises with dumbbells...like i see most people do 15-20lbs and i never see them ever progress to more.

the only thing i see your average gym goer try and go heavier on is dumbell shoulder pressing and dumbell chest pressing...
Brah you don't progress @ 5lbs per week in the upper body, especially after your first 3-4 months


He was being facetious
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post 1627992753 01-09-2021, 12:27 AM
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Depends if you are a newbie or not. Newbies gain 10lbs in strength almost monthly for the first couple months. you aren't suppose to be strong in bicep curls though lol
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Originally Posted By iloveus⏩
+ 5 pounds per week
this. you gotta eat enough to gain 5 pounds a week though

you will look like this in 1 year with good genetics, 2 years with average
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
Brah you don't progress @ 5lbs per week in the upper body, especially after your first 3-4 months


He was being facetious
since the gym only has 5lb dumbbell increments how are you supposed to progress? do i have to buy 2.5lb wrist weights?
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Originally Posted By tcatcrawler⏩
since the gym only has 5lb dumbbell increments how are you supposed to progress? do i have to buy 2.5lb wrist weights?
So with a curl say you start off with 5 pounds. It's difficult so you do that for 5 reps for 4 sets.

The more you do it over time it becomes easier. It feels lighter. You can now do 20 reps with the 5 pounds. So you add another 5 pounds. You curl that much with how many reps you can. Eventually that'll get easy. So you add 5 more for that same amount of reps. So on and so forth.
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Originally Posted By iloveus⏩
So with a curl say you start off with 5 pounds. It's difficult so you do that for 5 reps for 4 sets.

The more you do it over time it becomes easier. It feels lighter. You can now do 20 reps with the 5 pounds. So you add another 5 pounds. You curl that much with how many reps you can. Eventually that'll get easy. So you add 5 more for that same amount of reps. So on and so forth.
so that seems to be pretty possible for everything except shoulder raises...am i doomed at 20lb dumbells for lateral shoulder raises?
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Originally Posted By tcatcrawler⏩
since the gym only has 5lb dumbbell increments how are you supposed to progress? do i have to buy 2.5lb wrist weights?
I didn't say you can't progress in 5lbs increments, I said you don't do it every week

At least not natty



The one exception is a complete beginner in his first 8 or so weeks, strength just skyrockets
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