Thread: reps vs. weight

well if your training for size i would start with something you do for sets of 6 and than when you get to 12 add more weight.

and for strength the same thing as above but from sets of 3 and than add weight at 5.

This is a way of training but I think it is more benficial to just train in a ep range for your goal and add weight as you get stronger.

Originally Posted by mike456

well if your training for size i would start with something you do for sets of 6 and than when you get to 12 add more weight.

and for strength the same thing as above but from sets of 3 and than add weight at 5.

This is a way of training but I think it is more benficial to just train in a ep range for your goal and add weight as you get stronger.

as soon as i started doing this (i use rep range from 6 to 10) i saw progress fast- like small but notable changes every week in physical appearance and especially strength

It really depends on what you are working towards. Read my new signature, that dude has the right idea.

Depending on what rep range (and therefore, intensity) you are working in your body will adapt differently. High intensity workouts will force your body to adapt neurologically (muscular coordination [intra/inter], rate coding, etc) to the stimulus of a very high load, as one moves down the intensity ladder the adaptations that will occur will be mostly metabolic (substrate storage, utilization efficiency etc). Now i'm pretty sure that these are not mutually exclusive, and is a lot of gray area in between but as per the SAID principle you need to toward whatever goal you are looking for.