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This is already well known. There's a whole school called High Intensity Training (HIT) that promotes doing one set at very low weight to failure. Periodized p
by ellyagg 16y ago
This is already well known. There's a whole school called High Intensity Training (HIT) that promotes doing one set at very low weight to failure.
Periodized powerlifting training starts a cycle off with lower weight and higher reps to build a little muscle and gradually reverses this over 2 or 3 months to train the new muscle to increase one's 1 rep max. Whether doing classic periodization or not though, powerlifters know they need to build muscle, and that means higher reps, and they put that time in somewhere.
I used to do 5 sets of air squats to failure twice a week, and my legs got huge.
- WilliamLP 16y ago> set at very low weight to failure. Keep in mind that "very low weight" in this context might be what you can do 12 reps of. For anyone who wants to know a lot more, look up "Doggcrapp Training". I'm actually serious!
- jongraehl 16y agoI believe that (Doggcrapp) was at least originally a steroids-required training regime.
- scott_s 16y agoCyclists often have better developed legs than many guys in the gym.
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- anew 16y agoThis is true. However I find most guys at the gym rarely do squats, lunges or leg presses. They tend to focus on their glamour muscles and foolishly ignore the rest of their body.
- scott_s 16y agoThis is also true. But I do squats, cleans and deadlifts [1], and most cyclist have much more defined, and often bigger, legs than me. [1] Well, I used to. These days I don't do much heavy strength training, and mostly do conditioning as a part of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practice.
- desigooner 16y agoIf anybody's looking at fat loss, I'd look into HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training).