[silentcounter]

Weight vs sets

I am 64 years old. I have done 3 sets of power stack with a pair of 20 pound dumbells for four weeks. Should I increase the weight or number of sets?

 

[Dyneti]

Hello and welcome!

How did you feel after completing each set the last time you did this workout?

 

[silentcounter]

Like I am ready to have an increase. Weight or sets?

 

[HellYeah]

If I would want to do the one workout continuously, then I would add a set, then another before start over by increasing the weight and decreasing sets back to 3. That way one work on endurance and strength in an alternating system.

 

[GentleOx]

It's the principle at the heart of progressive overload. You perform a little harder than you did last time.

Most people would do the same workout with heavier weights (as you've suggested), while others would add sets first (to 4, then 5 and so on), and after completing all the allotted sets, increasing the weights.