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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN’T ADD WEIGHT BUT NEED TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF
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If you’ve ever reached an impasse with loading weight, but still need a way to challenge yourself within your reps or sets, try these methods below to up the ante without adding on the pounds.
- Increase tempo: You can increase the tempo, or go slower through a movement to increase the difficulty
- Add reps: If you’ve hit a ceiling on weight, increase reps instead, once you’ve added on 75% of your standard set, try going up in weight, or potentially decreasing reps with higher weight.
- Decrease rest periods
- Add training strategies such as paused reps (isolations) and quarter reps
No added weight? No problem!
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