How many reps

[Clinto]

Whats the lowest amount of reps for building mass fast?

 

[yomama]

Whats the lowest amount of reps for building mass fast?

Fast mass? That's new to me!!

 

[mad_monkey59]

Whats the lowest amount of reps for building mass fast?

I prefer 6... but I notice people on this board seem to do 5x5, so between 5-6, for mass... any lower then that then you are not doing sufficient reps to cause a great deal of hypertrophy.

 

[Clinto]

Thanks.... i been training hard for about 1 year or more from about 5-8 reps... this guy that works at the gym i go to said i should be doing 12 reps and that i was training wrong...

 

[Clinto]

is 200 english pounds 200 american pounds?

 

[The Shadow]

TUT = 20-40 seconds for overlap of size/strength

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

when working any muscle that you want to build, use a weight that you can do at least 4 reps, but no more than 8.

 

[TheOak84]

i dunno about fast mass, but 6-8 is good

 

[gregory]

OK, this is a point of discontention with me. I don't think you can easily group the rep numbers with size gains. I am a tall lifter, standing at 6'3 i have a harder time filling out then most. My 2 problem areas have been getting my shoulders to grow and my arms. I have always followed a 6-12 rep range workouts. This got me to deelop but slowly what i discovered shocked my when i did my usuall experiments in lifting.

I started doing lateral raises and curls with a lighter weight and do 1 set of non stop 100 reps. Sometomes i have to pause the set to let the blood rush back into a muscle for a few seconds, but the results are almost miraculous. My shoulders never get sore, in all my years they got sore maybe 3-4 times. Using the 100 rep method on only 1 set they have been growing and getting a nice soreness for weeks now. So in my experience mass or muscle building is a very multidimetional approach with reps ranging from 1-100. Incidentally 20 rep arm curls is what put 2 inches on my arms in the past.