different reps for different body parts?

[DONALDuckY]

Sorry for such a newbie question, but I know that i should do a reverse pyramid set while increasing weights on my chest, but do i use the same idea for all my other body parts? Does it all depend on whether you're working out major body parts?

 

[Bigsatan13]

I do everything like that. Always train for size and strength, 10-8-6-reps. Always increase the weight even if its as little as 2.5 lbs. This will lead to constant improvement.

 

[DaCypher]

I know a guy that trains each body part once a week and each week he increases the amount of weight he uses, but sometimes he increases by as little as 100grams (he brings his own 100 gram plates to the gym). This way he is always doing more weight than last week and always increasing strength and sometimes 2.5-5 pound increases are too much.

 

[gymtime]

Sorry for such a newbie question, but I know that i should do a reverse pyramid set while increasing weights on my chest, but do i use the same idea for all my other body parts? Does it all depend on whether you're working out major body parts?

No. Other than abs, I do that rev pyramid thing for pretty much all of my muscle groups.

However, you do work larger muscle groupls a little bit more than smaller. I do three different excercises for large muscle groups (back,chest), and two for small (arms, shoulders). Legs get done differently.

 

[heavy only]

My chest and legs respond best to low rep (6) and heavy weight. However, my back doesn't do well with that at all. For my back I have to do 10-12 rep sets.

The bottom line is that you have to learn to listen to your bodies needs. And always try different things if you are not getting the response you want.

 

[mattcanning99]

it should be fine...some concepts of BB only apply to the larger bodyparts, for example, its good to do 10+ sets for chest / back, but that would be a few too many for smaller bodyparts like biceps / forearms...reps arent as important as sets / frequency trained when comparing big muscle groups to smaller ones.

 

[MonStar1023]

This is a very arguable topic so Ill simply state my opinion.

I definitely believe that most muscle groups are best stimulated for hypertrophy purposes with reps of around 6-10. At least this rep range for me has produced the most favorable results. When it comes to calves and abs maybe a tad bit higher, for example 10-15. However, when it comes to forearms I really have to blast them continously and keep them under stress for 30+ seconds. For example farmer's walks I usually do for around 45 seconds with the 90 lbs. dumbbells, and so on and so forth.