Nothing but triples for strength. Anything over 3 reps=warmup

[jerkbox]

wow

 

[sk*]

Thats right, I said it, I never go above three reps on my work sets. Ill go up to five for my warmup sets, but once I get to about 70% of my max, its triples, then doubles to 90% 95% or more. Constant overload, constant gains. I dont bother with work sets in the high rep range, if I want to do cardio, I do cardio. To each his own but I think this type of workload/rep scheme should make up the bulk of anyones training. It basically cuts away the least productive part of most workouts, and intensifies the most productive which is of course the heavyweight/low rep area. I cant wait to shoot down most if not all of the arguments for higher rep weight training. I would love it if anyone would care to debate me on that. I especially cant wait for the "high reps shock your system into growing" argument.

PS I am sorry if this comes across as arrogant or rude, it probably does but I feel there is so much bad training going on that I feel like putting my foot down in the name of common sense. Karma for all good responses.

Is that you in your avatar?

-sk

 

[anabolicmd]

How long can you continue with this type of training? Won`t you overtrain quickly on this? You`re almost maxing every workout. Do you vary anything?

I agree with the logic, but for how long?

Thats a very good question, and it is the major concern when training like this. The answer is to keep overall volume down, which I do. Proper nutrition also helps but excercise rotation and variety is by far the number one way to avoid overtraining. I try to schedule my workouts to allow time for rest. But variety is very important because sometimes you want to train 5 days a week and dont have three days between workouts to fully rest.Like if you need to squat but you squatted recently-then Ill throw in front squats for example. Besides squatting and deadlifting, I use excercises such as pulls, cleans, jerks, power snatches, stop squats and others to mix it up. I learned this from working out with an national level olympic weightlifter. After six months I was always sore and miserable, but my lifts kept going up. Ive scaled back on my own but still follow the basic principles I learned.

 

[anabolicmd]

Re: Re: Nothing but triples for strength. Anything over 3 reps=warmup

Is that you in your avatar?

-sk

Maybe.

 

[sk*]

Re: Re: Re: Nothing but triples for strength. Anything over 3 reps=warmup

Maybe.

Ewwwwwww.

-sk

 

[pwr_machine]

I cant wait to shoot down most if not all of the arguments for higher rep weight training. I would love it if anyone would care to debate me on that. I especially cant wait for the "high reps shock your system into growing" argument.

As you state, to each his own. However, if you're training for strength, I see a plateau in your future. And you know what's funny...whether you're doing 3 reps or 10 reps, your body gets stronger. The trick is finding what works best for you, and avoiding those plateaus in strength.

 

[MeatHead57]

i train that way in the winter but durning the summer i do that and incorporate high reps in with my workout to get me cut!! but what ever works for you!

 

[bignate73]

and incorporate high reps in with my workout to get me cut!!

high reps get you cut?

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I've had good progress in the 1-5 rep range, but low reps can be hard on the joints.

 

[IronLion]

high reps get you cut?

ouch