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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Increase the weight gradually:
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/6-tips-for-successful-weight-lifting-workouts?page=2

"look for whatever size allows you to do 12 to 16 repetitions. If you can't, they're too heavy...But if you can do more than 15 with good form, then the weight load is probably not quite challenging enough, Bryant says. "So look for something a bit heavier, or add on more resistance."

Form is important to save your joints also range of motion is important.

I know he is a guy, but Cress Williams has weightlifters hunchback:

[img]http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=72412956[/img]

Yes, he can probably lift a lot of weight but not properly.[/quote]
This is the stupidest thing I've ever red.  12-16 reps is too light.  Stench is built in the 3-5 rep range.  Even when training "fast twitch" fibers you're still going 1-3 of max effort for a volume.  Olympic lifters have both as they're needed for their lifts.  They rarely if ever go above 5 reps and it's usually triples.

Yes OP, lift heavy in the 3-5 rep range for a cycle or program period, deload the decide where you want to go from there.  You won't get hunch back or anything else.  People speeding that crap are just too weak or too scared to put in real effort.[/quote]

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