There is a recommendation somewhere on exrx.net that one should increase weights just a little bit - say 5%.
I use dumbbells almost exclusively. At the gyms where I worked out they had dumbbells which increased in 5 lbs jumps, which is, of course, much to0 large an increase.
I bought some scrap tungsten (pricey). Tungsten is very dense - 1.5 denser than lead. I filled 18 little plastic bags with the scrap. A bag the size of my thumb weighs 1/2 lbs. Then I took a pair of work gloves and had a seamstress sew a pocket on the back of each glove, with a flap that could be closed with Velcro. Each pocket is big enough to hold 9 bags = 4.5 lbs
Now I can increase my weights by 1/2 lb increments up to 4.5 lbs.
You can find tungsten powder by searching the internet. It's used to load bullets.
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If your lifting, say, 20 lb dumbbells, then the next step, 25 lbs is a 25% (5/20) increase, which is too much.
I'm assuming the low volume regimen - 12 reps to exhaustion for one set, then a small increase in weight so that you can only do 8 reps to exhaustion.
I'm assuming the low volume regimen - 12 reps to exhaustion for one set, then a small increase in weight so that you can only do 8 reps to exhaustion.
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