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There were a lot of questions surrounding my last post.  So I wanted to do a follow-up explaining what I meant by ‘lifting heavy’.   One of the most common things I find that women do when lifting weights is revert to being the weaker sex.  I can say that because I used to be one of those women.

So here are a few different styles of approaching weights.  The two that I use most are the 6-8 rep range and the 12-15 rep range.  For the 6-8 rep range, you should be using a weight that, after 8 reps, you shouldn’t be able to perform more than 1-2 more reps with.  Usually this is around 75% of your maximum amount (the weight you could only do one rep with).