06
Mar
Determining what weights to start at…
So I was reading Men’s Health (got a free issue) and in one of the science/medical blurbs it mentions how you get the real benefit for muscle when you start your weight routine lifting 60% of the maximum you can lift in one rep. So today I went to the gym to deter mine my maximums for the variousx exercisrs I do.
My looks match my results. My lower body is fairly strong and my upper body isn’t. Another way to see that is standing calf raises. I was able to lift 405 lbs. but when I got home and saw my shoulders (what bears the weight) I saw they were bruised from the weight and not looking nice at all.
Here are the rest of the numbers:
| Exercise | max weight | starting weight | new starting weight |
| Leg press | 360 | 90 | 220 |
| Standing calf raise | 405 | self | 255 |
| Lat Pulldown | 120 | 50 | 80 |
| Shoulder press | 50 | 10 | 30 |
| Incline chest press | 80 | 30 | 50 |
| Chest press | 70 | 20 | 50 |
| Rowing | 180 | 50 | 110 |
| Rotary torso | 150 | 50 | 90 |