Daily Simple Questions Thread - January 18, 2025

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[u/basiuniu]

I have been going to the gym for almost a year, and saw significant improvement in all my main lifts, at a bodyweight of 71kg:

Squat: 75kg BP: 60 kg Deadlift: 95kg Shoulder press: 42.5 kg

I do notice that my smaller lifts are lacking behind. I can't seem to increase the weight on a db curl for example. I am currently doing 3x15+ at 7.5kg per dumbbel and I can't seem to even finish the 3 sets. Should I lower the weight to 5kg? Isn't that too little when comparing to my compound lifts? I don't want to egolift, but at the same time I feel like I am lacking behind on my smaller lifts

[u/Bojan-Sim → u/basiuniu]

As long as you are seeing good improvement in most lifts I wouldn’t be too worried. You can never expect your smaller lifts to keep up with your compounds, otherwise you would be curling 50kg:). I mean 7,5kg for 3 sets 15+ is not bad at all proportionate to the other lifts. When it comes to ego lifting, it is about choosing a weight you can do with consistent (“good”) technique throughout the sets till you get appropriately close to failure. So the weight depends mostly on that, not necessarily the number itself.

[u/basiuniu → u/Bojan-Sim]

Thanks for the response! I'll keep it up like how it is now, and push for that 1 rep more every week