Number of reps for legs exercises
I was recently reading an article saying about how "less reps/heavier weight = strength" and "more reps/lighter weights = bigger muscle/more muscle defination". The basic science of this makes sense to me, but something just quickly popped into my head, and was wondering what other people's thoughts were.
The idea was this. For upper body I tend to do 3 sets of 10-12 reps and for legs I tend to do 3 sets of 8-10 reps. But I was thinking, as the legs (quads and hams) have a greater muscle mass, should I be aiming to do "more reps/lighter weights" to build up the greater area of muscle, or because they pack more strength should I stick with the slightly "lesser reps/heavier weight"?
Thanks for your thoughts.