Q: Mike, I recently shifted to a lighter weight-more rep workout. On my bench press, I now do sets to failure of about 12-9-5 reps. Is this still too heavy? Should I knock off a few pounds?

A: If you're doing 12-9-5 reps to failure, I would still consider that heavy. That is the range I would recommend for most people most of the time, but if you wish to try higher-reps program I would reduce the weight by another 10-15% which should bump the reps to 16-20/set range.