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I can't think of a reason I would ever do a second set with the same weight unless something went wrong with my first set. What would I be after? I won't be stronger on my 2nd set will I?
1. If I am stronger on my 2nd set, would wouldn't I want to make my previous set lighter so I could be even STRONGER?
2. If I'm weaker on my 2nd sets, what is the point? I won't achieve more overload, I might as well go lighter and get more out of exercise in ways other than overload.
3. If I'm the same strength on my 2nd set, they the weight must be so light, neither set will produce overload.
I did multiple sets with the same weight sometimes in my first 10 years of bodybuilding, but in the last 20 years of bodybuilding, I never have except rare cases that had a reason.
I am the same but TT48 makes some excellent points. I will always try to warm up and increase weight until I get to my working set(s). If I do more than 1 working set it's either a heavier weight than the 1st for less reps or backing down and using higher reps (or a drop set).
There is no wrong answer to any of this and just different approaches. I have trained using the same weight for multiple working sets and enjoyed it before. One example could be your standard 5 sets of 5-8 reps on pressing movements. Another example was the Serge Nubret type of approach picking a lighter weight and doing 10 sets of (10-15) reps with no more than 20 secs rest between sets. You basically pick a weight you will start failing on set number 5 or 6 and you just grind out the other sets. Again just another good approach especially for guys who want to minimize the risk of injury and don't want to be lifting huge weights.
Your squat post is basically how I train occasionally. I may do 30, 40, 50 reps but I failed much before and either using mini rest periods (5 secs) or even just partials to finish my set. Although true failure sets for me never have a set number of reps planned and I just go until I can't anymore. I wonder how many on here have done a Milos Sarcev style of training with giant sets. I used to go to the gym at midnight so I could do that very thing. Just another example of a high rep approach that could wipe anyone out.