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High reps vs. Low reps

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Posted by: the_general64

after reading that men's health article i decided to alternate between high reps( about 15)....and what i usually do( about 7 reps). i did high reps today and my body is completely worn out. why is it i feel more worn out doing high reps with less weight than when i work heavier with less reps? i go to failure on both but feel more drained with high reps

Posted by: PWGriffin

Originally Posted by the_general64

after reading that men's health article i decided to alternate between high reps( about 15)....and what i usually do( about 7 reps). i did high reps today and my body is completely worn out. why is it i feel more worn out doing high reps with less weight than when i work heavier with less reps? i go to failure on both but feel more drained with high reps

Someone correct me if I'm wrong....but when you double reps performed...you are doubling the volume.

Posted by: SJ69

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

Someone correct me if I'm wrong....but when you double reps performed...you are doubling the volume.

but not the intensity, IMO if your doing sets of 3 then EVERY rep is hard, when you're doing sets of 12, the first 6 or so are easy, and (at least for me) rep #10 isn't as hard as rep #1 when doing triples. Just a thought.

Posted by: CowPimp

Metabolic activity during higher rep training is higher. It also increases the amount of work and volume you are doing and raises cardiovascular demand.

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