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Posted: 5/25/2003 3:26:32 PM EDT
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I usually stay in the 4-6 range. Maybe you could try 6-8 15 is way high.
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Posted: 5/25/2003 6:06:50 PM EDT
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I like doing 4-7 reps for two weeks and then 8-12 for 1 week. The most important part though is to take each set to failure (not including warm up sets). Your set should end because you can't possibly do another rep, not because you've reached some pre-determined number of reps or you don't feel like doing any more. Just remember, pain is weakness leaving the body. [:)]
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Posted: 5/26/2003 2:54:06 AM EDT
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REPS:
When you can do 7 reps, add 5 pounds. Keep using this new weight until you can do 7 reps, then add 5 pounds. Keep doing... SETS: 3-4 with the above weight. This does NOT include warm-up sets, or cool-down sets. Good luck! |
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Posted: 5/26/2003 3:06:24 AM EDT
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Quoted: I like doing 4-7 reps for two weeks and then 8-12 for 1 week. The most important part though is to take each set to failure (not including warm up sets). Your set should end because you can't possibly do another rep, not because you've reached some pre-determined number of reps or you don't feel like doing any more. Just remember, pain is weakness leaving the body. [:)] |
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Posted: 5/26/2003 11:24:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: REPS: When you can do 7 reps, add 5 pounds. Keep using this new weight until you can do 7 reps, then add 5 pounds. Keep doing... SETS: 3-4 with the above weight. This does NOT include warm-up sets, or cool-down sets. Good luck! I've done a variation of this. All I can say about it is IT WORKS!! |
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Posted: 5/27/2003 9:12:31 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I like doing 4-7 reps for two weeks and then 8-12 for 1 week. The most important part though is to take each set to failure (not including warm up sets). Your set should end because you can't possibly do another rep, not because you've reached some pre-determined number of reps or you don't feel like doing any more. Just remember, pain is weakness leaving the body. [:)] Hmmm...if you agree, then maybe I'm wrong. [:D] I don't think it's overtraining, I think it's intense training. To me, overtraining is doing too many exercises. I often see people doing 4 or more exercises for one muscle group. Two exercises with each set taken to failure is plenty for me. |
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Posted: 5/28/2003 9:39:59 AM EDT
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I like switching my "rep range" every 2-3 weeks. It pretty much goes like this: Reps X Sets: 8-10 X 3 6-8 X 3 4-6 X 4 1-3 X 5 I also mix heavy stuff with high reps stuff every so often: Example: 4 sets of 4,4,10,10, obviously dropping weight on the 10 sets. And, about twice a year, I do this crazy 10 X 10 workout with the major lifts (bench, squat, pullups). That hurts bad... So, in short, I mix things up a lot. Of coarse, I consider my self more of a bodybuilder/weight lifter, not a powerlifter type...i.e. vain and proud of it [:D] |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:17:13 AM EDT
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I had a friend who did 10x10 on squats to rehab his knee after surgery. He used light weight (135#), but he talked about how much it hurt.
I just thought he was being wussy. [:D] |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 1:11:22 PM EDT
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Oh ya. Mucho pain, but its the good kind of pain. That much volume is not recommended on a regular basis though. Overtraining = no hypertrophy[:(] |
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