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I was doing 5 sets of 8 reps yesterday and I had some trouble finishing the 4th or 5th sets sometimes.
My question is what is better:
Use the heavier weights on Sets 1, 2 and 3 then drop it to a weight that lets me finish 8 reps for sets 4 and 5?
Use a lighter weight for all 5 sets so I can finish 8 reps each time?
Stick to what I was doing, using the heavier weight for all sets and finishing as much as I can on the last sets?
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I would say it depends on your goals.
If you are trying to lose weight, then drop the weight and keep the reps up.
If you are trying to get big & strong, up the weight on each set and lower the reps.
It is ideal to train one way or another, depending on your specific goals. But as you get more advanced, it becomes more and more difficult to stimulate growth and then more advanced techniques come into play, which are many times a combination of the basics which you listed above, ie: drop sets, super sets, forced reps/sets, etc, etc...
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