reps

[Welsh power house]

For most bodyparts, which rep range do you use?
i am not talking about ab work here!

 

[Welsh power house]

i use 4-8 myself, because i like to inrease my strength and size, which i have found 4-8 works best on most lifts like bench press, squats, deadlifts, barbell rows, military presses, barbell curls...basically all the compound lifts. i do 8-10 for laterals, close grip bench presses, preacher curls, stiff leg deadlifts and then 8-15 for calf and ab work

 

[maxellyz]

20+ what the hell are strength and mass?

Ido 10 i think its the best

 

[RealDeal]

I go for 6-10 reps depending on the exercise I'm doing.

Since that wasn't an option, I chose 4-8.

Gotta do enough to build and use heavy weight, so not
enough reps or not enough weight = not enough work!

 

[Robboe]

I've tried alot of rep ranges ad i've found that 4-8 is best.

I'm also currently doing one set of 4-8 reps, then lowering the weight and doing a 10-12 set.[not for all exercises though - squats at present but i'm trying it with other exercises too]

 

[Deathspell Omega]

Speaking of reps, has anybody here ever tried 3x3 or 5x5 (star) training? 5x5 has worked miracles for my triceps, which were once the weakest muscles in my body, but now are easily the strongest in the gym...

In any case, I typically do 4-6 reps per set, and I rarely, do more than 2 sets per excercise (3x10 for squats, 5x5 for triceps)..

 

[WarriorPL]

i really like doing 12,10,8,6 on all my workouts. adding weight each set.


~WizKid

 

[Grizzly]

I like to use periodization. I just finished 12 weeks of 8-10 with the occasional pumping set of 12-15. Now, I'm doing 6 weeks of 4-6 so that I can get mad strong and put on some good, dense beef. And then, since I'm getting too fucking fat, I'm going to diet for 8 weeks while training in the 10-12ish rep range.

 

[Tombstonealley]

I like every rep range.
The one you spend the most time in simply depends on your goals.
Also it depends on the speed with which you perform the reps. 4 reps sets are not very good for developing strength if you lower for say 10 seconds and raise for 10 seconds = but it is good for mass. And 20 reps sets actually can develop new mass if you lift for 2 seconds down 1 second up------look into time under tension.

 

[Grizzly]

Speaking of reps, has anybody here ever tried 3x3 or 5x5 (star) training? 5x5 has worked miracles for my triceps, which were once the weakest muscles in my body, but now are easily the strongest in the gym...

In any case, I typically do 4-6 reps per set, and I rarely, do more than 2 sets per excercise (3x10 for squats, 5x5 for triceps)..

Actually, I used 4X5 for years and built a hell of a foundation with it. Even now, sometimes I like to spend a few weeks at 4X5 except now it's usually 4X4-6.