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Let me say this up front: one weight does not work for all your muscle groups. Your legs are far stronger than your arms. Even the act of pressing something away from your body is stronger than just doing curls or triceps extensions. You might find 5kg (~11 lbs) challenging for those muscles, but you won't even feel the difference with squats. Give ...
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It is fine to reach a certain weight and stick at that weight.
However, different muscles react differently to increased weight. Just because you don't want large bulging muscles doesn't mean that you shouldn't increase your weight for every exercise. You can stick to one weight when doing something like bicep curls and a different weight when doing squats ...
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