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Hi All,



I have currently hit a plateau in my training, I used to be able to up the weight with things like a dumbbell shoulder press every few weeks but I am struggling at the moment! I notice other people changing the weight for each set, for example – I am currently doing 3 x 12 - 20kg dumbbell shoulder presses and usually try and max it out on the last set. Just wondering if it is beneficial to maybe do 1 x 10 – 22.5kg set and then (cant do another set of 22.5!) move down a size and do another 2 sets of 20kg …. Maybe even drastically do another few sets after that at 15kg? should I stick to my current training – or should I mix it up a bit with different weights for each set etc? not sure of the benefits of working from smaller weigh to a heavier weight also. Cant find any research on this so any help would be much appreciated.



Many thanks!

Shane

You can try doing low reps with heavier weight.
3x3 or 5x5 programs work well for getting the numbers moving.

What's your goal?

Ross' question is very important. Off the top of my head I would say you could drop the reps to about 8-10 if you really want to stick with higher reps. But TALO's suggestion is also good if your only concerned with getting that number up a bit quicker.

You didn't really go into how your progression is planned, so that may be another area that could be improved.

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