Volume & Intensity

[sterolizer]

Now I think Lee Priest has IMO some of the best legs I've seen in bodybuilding ever... No homo lol. I heard he likes to do a lot of high volume training...
for example, leg press, he will use 5 plates per side, and he will do like 100+ reps. Now I've always been told heavy weights builds mass, and
high intensity/volume builds muscle "size." What volume or intensity do you prefer to use for body building? And explain why you think you're method works best for you.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

i cant say since i dont train for bb'ing, but i would say lots of food and the 8-12 rep range? Idk though lol I always get big when i take cycles and do sets of 5x5 and 4x6, but thats probably because of the steroids!

 

[johnnyrockit8665]

thats crazy! is that a 100 reps straight or broken up into sets? I dont think I have done 100 reps of one thing at one time other than push ups and sit ups back in high school.

low rep and heavy weight seems to be working for me as of late.

 

[wannabuildmuscle]

It depends on how i train. Bodybuilding, or crossfit. Ovbiously, i got high and low reps for building mass, but when I train with friends and do crossfit, its more about the olympic lifts in sets of 21, 15 , 9.

 

[SolarEmpire44]

Heres is my view on it, if you want to get big like bodybuilder, you must use both technique heavy weights low reps and lighter weight with more reps.. The heavy weight is what causes the muscle growth BUT the higher reps are whats gives you the pump to expand the fascia and have more room for growth.. BTW by heavy weight i dont mean 1-3 freaking reps, im talking 6-10 by lighter weight im mean 15-25, no more..

 

[wannabuildmuscle]

Heres is my view on it, if you want to get big like bodybuilder, you must use both technique heavy weights low reps and lighter weight with more reps.. The heavy weight is what causes the muscle growth BUT the higher reps are whats gives you the pump to expand the fascia and have more room for growth.. BTW by heavy weight i dont mean 1-3 freaking reps, im talking 6-10 by lighter weight im mean 15-25, no more..

Lol heavy weight 1-3 reps. I see people do it all day in the gym with squat and deadlift.

 

[Judo Tom]

you can always switch back and forth if you get stuck and are not making gains.

im a big fan of low rep heavy sets. I rarely go over 5 reps on my working sets.

 

[stevesmi]

thats crazy! is that a 100 reps straight or broken up into sets? I dont think I have done 100 reps of one thing at one time other than push ups and sit ups back in high school.

low rep and heavy weight seems to be working for me as of late.

they are called centuries.. not recommended to do very often.. i do them once a month

 

[stevesmi]

i start out with heavy weight low reps with compound lifts then switch to the lower weight and higher reps. i hate to answer polls like this cause its just too tough a question to give a straight answer.. I do mix things up.. i incorporate centuries on certain days, etc

when you go too heavy and use bad form you are working your tendons and ligaments more than you should, so as a bodybuilder you want to attack the muscles and not those precious tendons. this is something that some of the old bro's ross and layinback used to preach, and it makes a lot of sense as a BODYBUILDER. now if you are a powerlifter its a totally different ball game.

 

[Judo Tom]

great info on this thread. Cool to see that so many people have a plan and focus mainly on one type of training but mix in almost everything else.