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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The heavy weight thing is a trend. Focus on consistency with working out, vary your routine and have a trainer set up a new program for you every few weeks. [/quote]

I am a women in my early 50s and have been lifting heavy weights in the basic compound lifts--squats, deadlifts, bench--and doing push-ups and pull-ups since I was 25. It is not a trend.

You don't need "new programs" every few weeks.

If you are a person of normal health, you can deadlift WAY more than 15 lbs per dumbbell and you are leaving health benefits on the table piddling around with weights that are too light for you. [/quote]

There is a difference between Olympic style weightlifting trend and using an appropriately challenging weight. The big ass barbell lifts people are doing now are a trend. You do actually need to vary your workout every so often to not plateau. And if you’re new to lifting it’s safest to have someone set you up with a program rather than wing it.

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The PP you are responding to is describing powerlifting, not Olympic style weightlifting.

If you want to avoid plateauing with powerlifting (or Olympic weightlifting), you do so by consistently increasing the weight. You don't need to do a completely different workout. [/quote]

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