BEGINNER

To see how the Micro Weight System can be applied to a beginning weightlifter, let's consider a 5'8" male weighing 140lbs.  For this person to successfully implement a weight lifting system, his weight increases from workout to workout would have to be very small. The reason is that a person with this body structure does not have a lot of muscle to break down. If a person with this body structure took larger weight increases, too much muscle tissue would be torn down, and his body would be unable to rebuild the muscle prior to the next workout.  This would result in the weight becoming too heavy, which in turn would result in him hitting a plateau, failing, or injuring himself. And this would likely happen very quickly. For this person, I would recommend a starting weight increase of 10oz. between workouts, or 5oz. on each side of the bar.  This scenario is a perfect example of why the Micro Weight System was developed.  With traditional weights, there is no way to increase your weight 5oz. on each side.

Using this small weight increase will enable the body to rebuild stronger muscle and be injury free; the most important point being that he will be injury free. Injury to a muscle is the greatest setback for anyone working out. After a period of time, when the weights become heavier, the weight increases will be decreased to assure continued increase in strength without injury, with the final goal being to find the weight increases that will allow your muscles to grow without failure or injury.

KEY

Plateau - to repeatedly fail at the same weight
Failure - unable to complete full range of motion
Injury - damage to soft tissue ligaments, tendons, or muscles