How light is too light?

[onemoreset]

Hello all,

I'm planning my next cycle, and I've read repeatedly (on the FAQ and on the boards) that if your starting weights are "too light", then you can use a heavier one, and decrease the increments, or repeat weights.

But what's the rule of thumb to tell if your starting weight is too light? Is there a specific percentage of the RM, (for example, less than 20% of your RM is too light)?

 

[Fausto]

I like to use %'s of 1 RM, and use:

Not less than 70% as my target for 15's
Not less than 80% for 10's
Not less than 95% for 5's
100 - 110% for negatives.

But others have used a guideline of NLT 70% of each RM as the starting point of each sub section of two weeks.

You obviously good at maths seeing that you want to do 15/12/10/8/6/4/3, good luck then, it will be nighmarish to get around all the trivia here