Heavy or less heavy

[Moen]

I know this has been discussed so many times before but I want some personal opinions on this.

What do you think will build the most muscle (out of a pure hypertrophy point of view) , so no extra strength buildup , pure hypertrophy.

Training in a 4-6 , 6-8 or 8-10 rep range ?

I'd like to hear some personal opinions bout people who've tried more then one of these.

 

[louden_swain]

None of these build muscle. . .they break down muscle.

Proper nutrition is what builds muscle.

 

[Moen]

pfff

You know what I meant

 

[Backlash]

I think you're oversimplifying. You also need to talk about how many sets of those reps, and how frequently (once per week, twice, more...).

 

[Exodus]

if your going for hypertrophy, then train using all three rep ranges.....

X

 

[Moen]

So the traditional pyramiding 3x10-8-6

 

[Backlash]

That is ok. But I did that forever and got no gains, b/c I dicked around with the same weights for a long time. The absolute most important thing, IMO, is to progressively add weight (from workout to workout). Doing the traditional pyramid to failure might make it hard to do that.

 

[casualbb]

I like decreasing the reps and increasing the weight over a period of 1-2 months.

So, 10->8->5->maximal training