Question

if you can complete more than 20 repetitions over three sets with your current weight, you should ______. a. increase the weight until no more than 20 repetitions and three sets are possible b. decrease the weight and increase the number of sets to 8 to 10 c. increase the weight until you can do no more than 2 to 4 repetitions in three sets d. keep the weight the same and increase the number of repetitions and sets until you are tired please select the best answer from the choices provided. a b

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option based on principles of strength training progression. If you can do more than 20 reps over 3 sets with a weight, it means the weight is too light for effective strength or muscle growth (progressive overload principle).

• Option A: Increasing the weight until you can do no more than 20 reps over 3 sets makes sense. This ensures the weight is challenging enough (progressive overload) while still allowing a reasonable rep range for hypertrophy or strength (typically 8 - 12 reps is common, but up to 20 can be for endurance, but if you can do more than 20, increasing weight to bring reps down to ≤20 is appropriate for progression).
• Option B: Decreasing weight and increasing sets is not progressive overload; it would make the load lighter, which is not needed if you can already do many reps.
• Option C: Increasing weight to only 2 - 4 reps is too low (that's more for strength with very heavy weights, not a typical progression from 20+ reps).
• Option D: Keeping weight same and increasing reps/sets indefinitely isn't a structured progression and can lead to overtraining or lack of progress.

So, Option A aligns with progressive overload by increasing weight to make the exercise challenging again (within a reasonable rep range for the goal).

Answer:

A. increase the weight until no more than 20 repetitions and three sets are possible