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RE: reps and sets - 9/7/2006 9:24:39 PM

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I have been told and am currently doing low reps, max weight. Something like 100X12, 120X10, 140X8

Occasionally I switch it up and do a week of lower weight but more reps like

80-18, 90-18, 100-18 which seems to help me jumpstart when I go back to max weight low reps.

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RE: reps and sets - 9/9/2006 5:32:52 AM

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If you ask me, it's more about the diet. Build muscle with more calories, get rid of the fat with less to show off the muscle you've built.
I say this from experience- Plenty of people have said that higher reps with lower weights will get you cut, and higher weight with lower reps will mostly build strength, not large muscle- I gained a good deal of my size while lifting in the four to six rep range. I was eating like an animal when I did it. When I started to lower my calorie intake, I got a lot more defined- That's why I basically stick to adjusting my diet for major changes like that. I mess around with rep ranges and amounts of weight just to keep things new in the gym.

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RE: reps and sets - 9/17/2006 4:38:54 PM

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3-4 sets of 8-12, cycle this, add some super sets and work up to hitting each muscle group twice per week, like a 6 day split, 2-3 exercises per muscle group.........that always works for my mass wanting clients, 10+ yrs and still strong!
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RE: reps and sets - 9/17/2006 6:37:37 PM

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while there isnt really any true evidence to which will give strength over mass, i try to hit all the rep ranges throughout a workout...that way im not missing anything...i see no harm in that approach...its really just a matter of stimulating different types of muscle fibers by increasing the time of tension or the amount of tension.

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