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Fifty is excessive but you’re better-served doing 12-20 reps more than fewer, heavier reps if you’re pushing hypertrophy and already well-trained.
by landl0rd 10mo ago
Fifty is excessive but you’re better-served doing 12-20 reps more than fewer, heavier reps if you’re pushing hypertrophy and already well-trained.
- taneq 10mo agoThat matches what I've been told by various personal trainers. 6-8 reps if focusing on strength, ~12 for all round, and 16-18 for size/endurance. Do three sets, weight should be enough that the last couple of reps on the first set are a bit of a struggle. Subsequent sets just push through as far as you can.
- hatefulheart 10mo agoYour trainers clearly never read Starting Strength.
- taneq 10mo agoNo idea, I certainly haven't. This was decades ago, though, so it's entirely possible that established best practice has changed.
- oarfish 10mo agothese days your better of not reading that, probably. bunch of outdated and bad advice coming from that corner.
- hatefulheart 10mo agoWhat do you recommend?
- taneq 10mo ago"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." Also probably move around a lot, doesn't matter how, ideally by finding something fun to do that involves moving around a lot.
- machomaster 10mo agoThis is a common myth that came out of nowhere and has been debunked. 1-5 reps for strength. 5-30 reps for hypertrophy.
- cornel_io 10mo agoThis article claims that's false, that 8-12 at higher weight leads to the same result as 20+ at lower weights.
- landl0rd 10mo agoThe research is studying young untrained men. Everyone puts on muscle at mach chicken when untrained.