Warmup percentage

[PoorBoyTek]

When performing warm up reps...what% of your normal weight that you lift would you start with? For example...If i normally use a curl bar at 100lbs, should I warmup with 75% of the total weight? is it a personal preference? sets? reps?

[miskiw]

warmup sets are really just to get blood flowing to your muscles... you should be able to perform say 20 reps with the weight you choose for a warm up

[monsta]

yeah, and it dosn't really need to be to failure. and probably a couple of sets..

[Amused]

I db bench 100 pounders for 8-10 reps on my heavy sets. I warm up with 60 pounders for 15 reps but not to failure. So I guess I favor 60% of my workout weight. Same with db rows. I do 90 pounders, and warm up with 50 pounders.