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Going Light with weights?

I haven't done much upper body strength training recently so thought I'd try Daniels 3-day upper body split routine again. (Day 1 Chest+Triceps, Day 2 Back+Biceps and Day 3 Shoulders+Lats) And I allow a rest day in between each day so this becomes Day 1, 3 and 5 if that makes any sense!

I hadn't done the routine for a while so used lighter weights than I would normally. But I didn't go light enough and had the worst sore muscles (Is this called DOMS?) I've ever had. It actually took me a full week to recover.

I'm going to do this 3 day routine regularly over the next few months but starting with VERY light weights and gradually increase over time.

So my question is this - If you have to reduce some element of your exercise, be it weight, reps, time . . . how do you judge how much to reduce by?