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When you’re getting stronger and need to go up in weights, go up by no more than 10% (in other words, increase your weights by 10% of what you were lifting). Once you’re lifting your desired number of reps/sets at the new weight, you can increase again.

But the heavier the weights get, the increased % will need to go down. So if you’re using 80 pound dumbbells for example, you may want to increase by only 5% because they don’t make 88 pound dumbbells and you’ll end up using 90 pounds which may be too much. You can always add more weight if it’s not enough.

Remember, the goal is to get stronger while staying healthy. Injuries make that harder. There’s no shame in getting stronger slowly.

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