How many reps should I do at a given weight?
It’s one of the most common questions asked of trainers, and one of the most difficult to answer. Why? Because we are all different. We have different goals, different strengths and different weaknesses. Even if you’re experienced in the gym, the question can still be tricky. You have likely had the “high weight/low reps vs. low weight/high reps” debate. No single answer is right or wrong across the board. It just depends.
The Dangers
There are two bad outcomes to answering this question wrong. The first is something high-performing athletes go to great lengths to avoid: injury. It always happens when your fitness motivation is at a peak, and your performance is on the rise. Not warming up properly and building up to high-intensity exercises can put you out for months, and have life long repercussions. Fortunately, injury prevention is well documented. It’s a matter of warming up properly, and not overdoing it.
The second outcome is that your workouts simply aren’t as efficient as they could be. This may seem less severe, but think about the implications. If you are short on time, you want to make every minute count that you are in the gym. Having an inefficient workout every now and again is no big deal — it happens to the best of us. But if your regular routine is less effective than it could be, that could result in a large loss over time. This is a hard problem to solve, and there is a whole industry that revolves around it. Personal trainers are expensive, and even they can’t make a workout routine as efficient as it possibly could be.
The Solution
Optimize Fitness has solved this problem by replacing a personal trainer with a machine learning algorithm. The artificial intelligence fitness app automatically generates custom workouts personalized to you and your goals. This allows for all weights, reps and times of your entire workout to be set for you, minimizing injury and maximizing efficiency. As you quickly progress towards your fitness goals, Optimize continually adapts and updates your training plan. This allows for detailed tracking of your fatigue, stamina, power and endurance down to each individual muscle.
Download Optimize Fitness today, and start maximizing each and every workout. No matter how much time you have, what your goals are or what equipment you have available, Optimize Fitness will maximize every workout for efficiency. Take the guesswork out of your training.
