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High reps, what % of 1RM?


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Posted by: Smoo_lord

Hey all, I was thinking about swithching up my workout a little for next week. Instead of doing my normal heavy weights and low reps, I thought it might be good to switch to lighter weights and then up the reps.

so basically my question is how low should I go? 50%?

Im basically doing 4 -5 sets of 4-5 reps at the moment.

Thanks in advance!


Posted by: SAMIAM

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Originally Posted by Smoo_lord View Post
Hey all, I was thinking about swithching up my workout a little for next week. Instead of doing my normal heavy weights and low reps, I thought it might be good to switch to lighter weights and then up the reps.

so basically my question is how low should I go? 50%?

Im basically doing 4 -5 sets of 4-5 reps at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

How many reps are you looking to switch to per set?8?10?12?15?
In general 65% is about the lowest I'd go for anything other than active recovery work and at at that percentage I'd be doing 15 reps per set, I feel I must add that I would only go to such a low 1rm %age as part of a periodized and progressing program such as HST and would be adding a minimum of 2-5% to the load each workout.

I'd give it more than a week tho unless it's for rehab work . You may very well want to look into HST for a cycle . Personally I tend to switch between HST and 10x3's every 2-3 months (after a 9-14 day rest) hope this helps or gives food for thought in some way.


Posted by: Smoo_lord

Sorry man what is HST?

and its not for rehab or any recovery from injury. Just wanted to try something different. I will shoot for a weight where i can do 3x10 reps.


Posted by: SAMIAM

HST= Hypertrophy Specific Training




http://www.hypertrophy-specific.info...ikonboard.cgi?






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