When do you start micro loading?

[Dan3088]

Do you do this before you hit a previous best as in failed a weight reset and start micro loading back up to that weight concentrating on form?

[jimmyc]

I started micro loading when I hit a sticking point and 5lbs. were too much to add on each session. I started using 1-1/4 lb plates back in the early eighties, when you needed to find a machinist to cut down larger plates because 1-1/4 lb'ers were almost impossible to find.

[Valhall]

I started microloading the bench and press when I got stuck on both. Got a mate to cut me some plates, and it made me push through and keep advancing.

Funny thing is though that I later found out that my powerlifting gym had microplates for competitions, but that these are hidden away. I would have been told where the were if I had known to ask. They hid them because several had upped and dissapeared and it was important to have them for meets.

[slipshod77]

After my first reset on the bench and press I started microloading, specifically when I was building back up and got to within 10lbs of where I got stuck. Since then I only make jumps at 2.5lbs. I purchased them online at biggerfasterstronger.com . Right now they are $0.79 a pound. Good luck beating that. Shipping is extra though, I purchased a chin/dip belt at the same time so shipping seemed more reasonable.

[Dan3088]

Thanks for the advice gonna check out bigger faster stronger