If you’re a beginner, you should try to start by targeting all of your major muscle groups when lifting weights. You’ll want to do only one set per muscle group. This comes to around 11 sets during your workout. It’s good to keep in mind when doing your training that the vast majority of your gains happen in that initial set. Sure, you’ll get much stronger and faster the more sets you do, but you’ll spend a lot more time working out to achieve it. Don’t increase the number of sets you do during any given workout for at least the first one to two months. If your goal is simply to increase your strength moderately and/or maintain your health, then a single set per muscle group should be all you need.
If you’re looking to get stronger, you’ll need more than one set. You will need at least three games to increase your size over a given amount of time. Not only should you increase the number of sets, but you should also try to increase the amount of weight you are lifting in the number of repetitions. In our next article we will talk about this in more detail. Remember not to increase too fast, otherwise the chance of injury will increase.
If you’re looking to push your body to the limit and get as strong as possible, you’ll need to increase the number of sets you perform. Some serious bodybuilders will target a muscle group with up to 20 sets. This is not a single exercise, rather it is a muscle group with multiple exercises.
If you are a beginner, you should make sure to rest between sets. Beginners are just getting acquainted with weight lifting and you are just beginning to understand your body and exercise routines. Beginners can take up to twice as long as experienced weightlifters between exercises. Beginners looking to increase their stamina and are doing at least 12 reps should take a 30 second break between sets. If you are looking to increase the size of your muscles and you are doing 6 to 12 repetitions, you should rest for at least 30 to 90 seconds. If strength training is your goal, continue to increase the amount of rest time you have between sets. We are talking in the range of 2 to 5 minutes.
If you follow these guidelines, you should be well on your way to reaching your weight training goals.
