high reps vs low reps

[Nelson Montana]

Also...the amount of exercises is irrelevant to the amount of reps.

 

[injfuel]

i never do more than 7 total sets for large body parts like legs and back and 5-6 total sets for smaller body parts like shoulders , biceps , and triceps. your body does adapt to training and it is smarter than we are but if you keep your muscles in an overload state , meaning if the weights are heavy enough and you increase your weight when you reach a set rep range, you make your body constantly think it needs to grow to continue to adapt to the increase in weight. its not for everybody because lifting in an overload fasion requires a spotter always and it takes great mental focus and courage to continue to lift heavy weights on a week to week basis. i read in my Muscular Development magazine a couple months ago an article by Dorian Yates. someone asked him if it was beneficial to change up exercises to keep the body growing or stop it from adapting to training. his answer was simple in that he did 90% of the same exercises his whole career all he did was continue to lift heavier weight. and that he continued to grow his whole career so obviously changing exercises wasnt needed in his opinion. like i said look at how he lifted and all the major injuries he suffered !!!! it took a toll on his body and most could never lift with his intensity but executed properly his training method would yield results hands down.

 

[nwamuscle]

I usually hit each muscle group twice per week... Once high rep, low weight... And once high weight, low rep.

 

[mihalyjs]

Mixing it up and combining low, moderate, high seems to be a great route to go. I'll usually go very heavy on specific body part compound movements at the beginning of my workout and make the target muscle group tired as fast I can then switch to moderate-heavy weight for moderate reps and finish with high reps on lighter weight (100 rep burnout style)


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[FlexManning]

I hate high reps. The training that is most enjoyable for me is working up to heavy doubles and singles with long rest periods. I do some high rep work though because I think I need longer time under tension for hypertrophy. Also extend sets with slower reps, drop sets, etc. at times.

Here's something weird, and I'm wondering how many others experience this: often my joints act up more with high reps on certain exercises.

If you're doing 6 and 7 exercises I don't see where you can go to change things up. For instance, if my program includes incline db curls and standing db curls for biceps, I could change that up with Scott curls and whatever else down the road. How do you change things up if you're doing a half dozen exercises or more from the get go? It's another argument for low to moderate volume vs high volume IMO.

 

[RedWhiteNBlue]

I do both. Attack fast,slow, and medium twitch, religiously!