Thread: Mass building reps?

1-20 somtimes 100

Originally Posted by P-funk

1-20 somtimes 100

r u serious

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

r u serious

20 rep squats are great.

I have a friend that cycles in 100 rep squats from time to time too.

anything can work if

a) there is progressive resistance. you are putting more weight on the bar. your performance is going up. you are increasing the amount of muscluar tension.

and

b) it is cycled in, in a well designed plan (periodization).

oh alright, so u only build muscle as soon as u add weight to the exercise? Like as in thats a sign that u gained more muscle than from your previous workout so u can be proud of yourself?

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

oh alright, so u only build muscle as soon as u add weight to the exercise? Like as in thats a sign that u gained more muscle than from your previous workout so u can be proud of yourself?

yes and no.

just because you increased the weight on the bar does not mean you are growing from workout to workout. It does mean that you have increased your strength. The only way to grow is to increase the amount of food you are eating. You need to create an anabolic environment and feed yourself the proper amount of calories to induce some sort of growth. If the calories are not there, then you have nothing to help repair tissue and you don't grow.

1-20....ok
100....not a chance. you are better off having a good cardio workout to mix it up with the weights.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

1-20....ok
100....not a chance. you are better off having a good cardio workout to mix it up with the weights.

like I said, he cycles it in. It is for squats only. it is more a test of mental strength then anything. He will run it for 3-4 weeks maybe once a year or so and then go back to heavier weights.

and actually, Dr. Ken has talked about olympic skaters doing 100 rep squats and their legs are huge.

Originally Posted by P-funk

yes and no.

just because you increased the weight on the bar does not mean you are growing from workout to workout. It does mean that you have increased your strength. The only way to grow is to increase the amount of food you are eating. You need to create an anabolic environment and feed yourself the proper amount of calories to induce some sort of growth. If the calories are not there, then you have nothing to help repair tissue and you don't grow.

Brother please trust me, my diet is great. This is the training forum so i post quesitons about training and ways i can add mass with training, i already got all my answers from the diet forum. Eating is a huge part of it but im not gonna get anywhere without training so i ask questions about training info for hypertrophy and exercises that are best for it

Anyways, are there signs to let me know that im adding size besides looking in the mirror, just like adding weight for exercises is a sign that there is a strength increase?

Originally Posted by P-funk

like I said, he cycles it in. It is for squats only. it is more a test of mental strength then anything. He will run it for 3-4 weeks maybe once a year or so and then go back to heavier weights.

Better to cycle in some 50,100 and 200M sprints from time to time.

take measurements

Squatting any weight over 200 lbs for 100 reps would be exhaustingly painful. I cringe to think about it. I'd rather run till I puke.

http://www.marunde-muscle.com/videos...uatX98reps.wmv

100 rep squats. Almost. Ouch...

100 rep squats i did 25 reps awhile back and my legs were on fire lol haha

Just to clear things up, doing low reps (3-5) can still do a good job with mass building, though, right? Right now i can only do 4 wg pullups (overhand) so i was wondering if doing that much would still get me some weight. Yes i have a good diet so im begging nobody to mention that.

yes, that rep range is fine.

is your diet okay?

Thanks.

Yes pfunk my diet is just dandy.

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

Just to clear things up, doing low reps (3-5) can still do a good job with mass building, though, right? Right now i can only do 4 wg pullups (overhand) so i was wondering if doing that much would still get me some weight. Yes i have a good diet so im begging nobody to mention that.

Using a 3-5 rep range for the majority of your training is a very inefficient way to build mass and size (unless you are using very slow rep tempo).