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Hi - after an illness that ran me down I am now starting to do weight training to build myself up. at present I do 100 bench presses with a 20kg bar in one session, and am about to progress to something more taxing.

My question is - for maximum benefit, should I do more presses with the existing weight, or use a heavier one with initially fewer lifts ?

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Answer #1

I’m now doing 15 initially, then down to 6,6,5,4 with 40Kg

Answer #2

I’m looking for advice, not to be insulted, ok ?

Answer #3

welll dont take this the wrong way but why in the hell would you do anything over 15 reps…thts just dumb.. my school we usually do 3 sets of 5… 5 sets of 1.. I know this because im 15 and my maxout on bench is 225…

Answer #4

If you want to build I was always told more weight less reps. If you want to tone, less weight, more reps. I am glad to hear you have beaten on battle.

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