How To Choose Your Starting Weight on Any Exercise

Choosing your starting weight really has to do with adjustment and calibration. If you can reach 12 Reps easily while maintaining full and proper control of the weight, it's too light. If you can't even reach 8 sets, it's too heavy. The sweet spot for hypertrophy or in other words, muscular growth, is between 8 to 12 Reps of fully controlled reps. The best starting point is going light first, to get an idea of where to start. And also it will reveal any weaknesses in your form and control of the weight. In this video, I'll explain my methodology and process for finding your ideal starting weights for both machines and free weights.