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ok so how much more weight can you normally lift to the next workout? for example so far i've been able to increase my weights by to 2 kilos (or 4.4lbs) everytime when i went down from doing 15, 12, & 10 reps per set. is that normal. im also recovering some strength that i lost before.

I increased about 5 pounds in stage 1... although some exercises were easier than others to add weight to.   I think stage 2 was harder to increase and stage 3 even harder.   In stage 2/3 the reps stay the same throughout.  Then in stage 3, some stuff you use really small weights, so it is hard to increase... like the YTWL. 

I think as long as you are lifting as heavy as possible for the number of reps, you are doing good!

Edited to note: - 5 pounds per workout, not the entire stage!

For Stage 1, I approximately doubled most of my weights from start to finish - though I started with pretty conservative loads the first week so that I could figure out how to do the exercises themselves.

Squats: 40 pounds to 60 pounds

Dumbbell Rows: 15 pound to 25 pound dumbbells

Step-Ups: 15 pound dumbbells/1 foot high to 20 pound dumbbells/2 feet high

Deadlifts: 40 pounds to 80 pounds

Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 10 pound to 20 pound dumbbells

Pullover: 5 pounds to 25 pounds (was probably *way* too conservative on the start weight but people's comments on the exercise had scared me a bit)

Lunges: 10 pound to 25 pound dumbbells

Edit: If those numbers look big to any newbies, I should probably note that it hasn't been all that long since hauling around 10-25 pound containers of dry ice and/or liquid nitrogen was part of my day to day job.