High reps or low reps while juicing?

[MikeyLikesJuice]

when I say 12 sets I mean 12 hard serts. I don't think you should be able to do more then 12 sets if the weight is heavy enough. If i did 20-25 sets a bodypart, I would easily overtrain and not gain anything. I use to do 16 sets and wasn't growing dropped the sets and grow like a champ now

 

[Victor]

when I say 12 sets I mean 12 hard serts. I don't think you should be able to do more then 12 sets if the weight is heavy enough. If i did 20-25 sets a bodypart, I would easily overtrain and not gain anything. I use to do 16 sets and wasn't growing dropped the sets and grow like a champ now

>> hummm , probably we have different genetics ...I always do 20 -25 HARD sets , if I do only 12 sets I will walk out of the gym still full of energy .....so I need 20 to fell like : " damm today's workout was damm good " ...... I grow pretty well doing this ....I don't use roids for 3 years ....and only in the last 2 months I gained 9 lbs of pure muscle mass ( I also bumped my protein intake a lot ) ....while still dieting to drop body fat .....I wonder what would happen if I was eating to bulk .....well , keep in mind that I am natural for 3 years .....

but not any longer .lol..

after 3 years without roids , I am starting my cycle next monday


Victor

 

[MikeyLikesJuice]

that sux for you dude, lol. Im suffering in the 8 set to get to 12 sets. If I do anymore Im way to sore for the next workout and this will affect the muscle group Im hitting next. I only have to spend a half an hour on one body part, Im in and out. I would drop out of the gym if I had to do 20-25 sets of one bodypart, I give you lts of credit, how long do you train for all those sets?

 

[CRAZYPITBULL]

I like the low rep range for the strenth gains.....

 

[gethard1]

For me

When I started I went the 10 to 12 rep for 2 weeks to build some endurance. The 3rd week my strength jumped a bit and then added weight and went to 8 to 10 reps. On my 6th week my strength is way up so now I do heavy weights 4 to 6 reps and then finish with a "rep out" at about 50% of max, man do I get pumped!


WHAT THE SOUL DESIRES, THE BODY LISTENS

 

[Victor]

that sux for you dude, lol. Im suffering in the 8 set to get to 12 sets. If I do anymore Im way to sore for the next workout and this will affect the muscle group Im hitting next. I only have to spend a half an hour on one body part, Im in and out. I would drop out of the gym if I had to do 20-25 sets of one bodypart, I give you lts of credit, how long do you train for all those sets?

>>>> lol , it doesn't suck bro ...I like it . I do get sore , but not too much like I used too ....AND , monday I train chest , and thusday I train back , so there is no problem to train your back with your chest sore ......so .......

I train for 45 minutes usually ..... my usual chest routine

exercise 1

12 reps bench press , imediately after it + 10 reps flyes

rest 1 mim

10 reps bench press , imediately after it + 10 reps flyes

rest 1 mim

8 reps bench press , imediately after it + 10 reps flyes

rest 1 mim

6 reps bench press , imediately after it + 10 reps flyes


so , do the math at this point I already did 8 SETS .

then I usually do 3 exercises of 4 sets each ...12 SETS

8 + 12 = 20 .


yeah I do 18-20 most of time ..... 25 I was pushing ...but 18-20 always .....



Victor

 

[Hoover]

that sux for you dude, lol. Im suffering in the 8 set to get to 12 sets. If I do anymore Im way to sore for the next workout and this will affect the muscle group Im hitting next. I only have to spend a half an hour on one body part, Im in and out. I would drop out of the gym if I had to do 20-25 sets of one bodypart, I give you lts of credit, how long do you train for all those sets?

I am with you on theat MikeyLikesJuice. I usually do 10-12 total sets for each body part. I go to failure on every rep and use a spotter for forced reps. Near around set 8 I am hurting. The only way I would be able to do 20-25 sets is if I trained alone, lifted light weight, and did not go to failure. Victor are you training with a partner and going to failure after every set? 20-25 sounds like overtraining.

 

[Victor]

hummm I go to failure in most of the sets ....I train with a partner ....usually the last exercise ( it means the last 4 sets , 16-20 ) are low weight , high reps ....

I go to failure on the bench press and on the flyes I do kinda heavy but not to failure .....he doesn't help me on the flyes but he does help me on the bench press ....


Victor

 

[Victor]

man , I gotta tell you that if I do only 10 - 12 sets no matter how heavy I do , I will still have lots of energy and strenght left ......



Victor

 

[Hbone]

The point that Duchaine was trying to make by going with higher reps is that when you come off you will still be able lift the same weight just fewer reps. For instance while on lets say your hitting 315 for thirteen to fifteen on the bench. When you come off you should still be able to hit it for 6-10. This is keeping the same torque on the muscle. Just not as much endurance.