Drop sets..

[mikefear]

Yeah, I did 5x5 for a little while -- I didn't like it. Wasn't my style.

 

[mikefear]

mike, perhaps you've never heard his famous quote then - about everyone wanting to be bodybuilders but no one wanting to lift heavy weights...

no we can't compare ourselves to him, but since when was lifting heavy NOT going to cause alot of hypertrophy compared with lifting light and getting a bit of excessive blood to engorge muscles?

Who mentioned anything about lifting light?

 

[mikefear]

I'm gonna bow out of this thread, I can tell its about to turn into an argument with someone and get personal.. these threads always do.

let me finish with this: we all grow doing different things and that's all there is to it

 

[silver_shadow]

Who mentioned anything about lifting light?

more reps -> lighter weights

 

[silver_shadow]

I'm gonna bow out of this thread, I can tell its about to turn into an argument with someone and get personal.. these threads always do.

let me finish with this: we all grow doing different things and that's all there is to it

nothing personal bro, not with me and i'm sure sarge and al are the same

 

[Neo22]

proof?

millions of studies have proven what rep schemes will induce hypertrophy and hit different muscle fiber types. A few large scale sites you can learn from are

acsm
ncsf
ncsa
cooper
nasm

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I'm gonna bow out of this thread, I can tell its about to turn into an argument with someone and get personal.. these threads always do.
let me finish with this: we all grow doing different things and that's all there is to it

I don't think I got personal with my big reply.

I agree... and more importantly we all have DIFFERNET GOALS.

 

[Neo22]

Well I have trained both ways - have you? The 5x5 is about a thousand times more taxing than any BB program I have seen and I have done them all.

you probably haven't done them right yet. When you go for 10-12 reps you don't do it with a weight you can get 10-12 reps with, you do it with a weight you can barely get 6-8. The 5x5 was actually a shit ton easier for me as although I'm going heavier I'm doing so many less reps.

 

[silver_shadow]

and this would also explain why dante stresses on getting stronger and why his trainees are BIG?

 

[Neo22]

and this would also explain why dante stresses on getting stronger and why his trainees are BIG?

who the fuck is dante? What are you talking about?