Reply With QuoteSupposedly, the larger muscle groups work better with higher reps due to thier "ability to re-oxygenate quickly."
20 rep squats wear you down though, I pretty much keep it 8-12 or so for most leg stuff, for calves I stick around 15. I have heard of some people who do one week normal rep range, and the next higher rep range.
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10-31-2003, 12:14 PM #1Registered User
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high reps for leg mass?
i heard from alot of people that high reps, 20-50, are great for leg mass. but ive also heard that hard and heavy is the only way to go. what are your guys' experience with this?
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i just got finished with a high rep leg workout, nothing went below 20 reps. and your right mudge, they definitely do wear yoiu down. it definitely gave my legs a much greater pump than what ive ever gotten with heavy lifts. i think im gonna keep doin high rep stuff for a little while to see what kind of mass gains i get. i'll experiment like you said twin peak.
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I use both high reps and low reps for legs and everything in between, and I do the same for all bodyparts.
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10-31-2003, 10:30 PM #6Carl Mccoy Wannabe
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It's good to mix things up, change things around.
Still though I wouldn't normally do more than 20 reps.
I personally, like to do around 15- 20 reps (lighter weight of Giant sets) and then the week after I might do 8-10 reps heavy with 2 min rest between sets and then the week after that i might pump out as many reps as I possibly can with a 3- 4 min rest.
You know, keep those quads, hams and calves guessing.Carl McCoy wannabe.
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About every fourth WO I do giant sets consisting of squats/leg press/leg extension/leg curl - no rest between sets. About 10 weeks after adding this to my leg routine, my quads were noticeably bigger and harder.
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