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If you are standing and holding weights for any exercise, do NOT lock your knees. Let your thighs be your shock absorbers, not your spine.
Start with the minimum weight on a machine/barbell/bar. IF you get done with your 12 reps and you didn't feel anything, you can always do another 12 with the next weight up. If you went too heavy to start and hurt yourself, it's not as easy to go down in weight and do another, because you are now injured more than what resistance training is supposed to do.
The only real competition is with yourself/your ego. My body/skills is different than yours. How much I can/can't lift isn't any indication how much YOU should lift. Listen to your body, it knows.
If you are standing and holding weights for any exercise, do NOT lock your knees. Let your thighs be your shock absorbers, not your spine. (yes, that was intentional)
YMMV, but welcome to the addiction that is healthy living
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