Reps/Weight

[Alpinista]

Forgive me if this is something that's already been discussed and I'm just not finding it on the forum but ...

My upperbody strength is fairly limited (like a lotta women), and I'm having a tough time using any weight above 10 lbs. on the shoulders _ yet the 5 lb weights seem kinda puny and don't give me that "burn."

Is it a problem if I limit my use to the 10 lbs. dumbbells but use higher reps throughout the whole exercise. So, for example, maybe do shoulder raises of 10/12/15 reps but using 10 lbs. weights for the exercise throughout?

[jonny]

Originally Posted by Alpinista

Forgive me if this is something that's already been discussed and I'm just not finding it on the forum but ...

My upperbody strength is fairly limited (like a lotta women), and I'm having a tough time using any weight above 10 lbs. on the shoulders _ yet the 5 lb weights seem kinda puny and don't give me that "burn."

Is it a problem if I limit my use to the 10 lbs. dumbbells but use higher reps throughout the whole exercise. So, for example, maybe do shoulder raises of 10/12/15 reps but using 10 lbs. weights for the exercise throughout?

shoulders are a tough 1. i remember when i first started i could only do about 4kg on seated press.

try barbel press instead of seated press. its a lot easier to press more weight with a barbell than it is with the dumbells for shoulder. once youve built up strench by using barbell then switch to seated dumbell pres

[Drewno]

I agree that shoulders are tough. Seated presses are pretty easy for me, but when I go to side raises for my last set I literally can't even do 4.5kg.

I don't know enough about lifting to give any advice on switching up reps per set, but I do know that you can go to a sports store or order online small magnetic 'clip on' weights in 1lb or 2.5lb increments. So if you wanted to add only a small amount of weight to your dumbbell you could just pop those on. It sounds to me like these could be a good alternative for you here if it's feasible.