anklebreaker
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Hey, I've been lifting for about a year or so now sticking mostly to big compund lifts (squats/deads/presses/rows/etc) with the goals of increasing functional strength and athletic performance (mostly for basketball but also just for general health/athleticism). I've put on about 20 pounds and improved my lifts alot (currently squat/clean/dead/bench max=265/195/365/210 at 6' 2" 190) but I never spent any time lifting higher rep ranges (usualy under 6 reps per set and each set taken pretty close to failure) for hypertrophy and I am wondering if I woud develop strenght better in the long run if I spent some time working at higher rep ranges (8-12) to just build more muscle and then return to low rep sets to train that muscle for maximal sttrength and efficiency. Or should I just stick to intense low rep sets to maximize strength gains?