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> heavy weights with few reps (common body builder wisdom) It is strength training (not body builder) wisdom to use heavy weights with few reps. Hypertrophy (i
by rorytbyrne 9mo ago
> heavy weights with few reps (common body builder wisdom)
It is strength training (not body builder) wisdom to use heavy weights with few reps. Hypertrophy (i.e. body builder) programmes usually call for 8-12 reps, which implies relatively low weights.
- NooneAtAll3 9mo agois "8-12" not "few" for you?
- rorytbyrne 9mo agoRelatively speaking, no. Strength training (as opposed to hypertrophy) calls for fewer reps, around 5 per set. Many people advise spending about a year doing more sets of fewer (~5) reps to build strength, and then switch to fewer sets of more reps (8-12) when you want to build muscle mass. Point being, the idea of doing lighter weights until failure is already kind of there in body building wisdom.
- throwaway6734 9mo ago1-3 is few
- SoftTalker 9mo ago3-5 reps per set for powerlifting training. Competition lifts are a single rep.
- solumunus 9mo agoNo that’s definitely considered to be a moderate rep range. Roughly speaking low is 1-5, mid is 6-12, high is 12+. Above 20 is practically irrelevant.