Bulkin up

[skinnybastard28]

i just wanted to know what your reps and sets should look like if ur trying to bulk up and trying to gain mass. for example should i be doing 12 reps 8 reps 4 reps, or just keeping it at 8-10 reps through my excersize.

[tee worm]

everyone will have there own opinion on this and rightly so, because everyone is different, but 4 me its 3 sets of 10 reps. old school! but u wanna keep mixin it up to keep your muscles guessin

[stracin]

Going off your stats here, you DO NOT need to worry about rep ranges.

You just need a routine, progressive overload and FOOD!!!!

Might I recommend a 3-day, full-body foundational program to start? Rippetoe's SS is where I got started and I'll recommend it too anyone. As long as you progress your weights workout to workout and eat a surplus, you will get hypertrophy.

[stracin]

Originally Posted by tee worm

everyone will have there own opinion on this and rightly so, because everyone is different, but 4 me its 3 sets of 10 reps. old school! but u wanna keep mixin it up to keep your muscles guessin

Sometimes, when my chest is being stubborn, I'll start loading the T-Bar for rows, and then I'll run over and hit some bench press. Fools my pecs every time.

[Nykoo]

Let me save u some time.Do this, research on the 5x5 workout. Buy Creatine(buy a good one) and whey(drink between ur 3 main meals). Your main goal is to try to increase ur weights every week, but make sure u can do all 5 reps and 5 sets with good form. Also there are many weight gainers out there with around 1k calories per shake that should gain u some weight with some fat tho. A lot of the weight gainers have lots of sugers so do ur research.

[skinnybastard28]

ive been on muscle milk and creatine monohydrate for the last 2 months and have gained almost 15 pounds. thanks for the help guys ill try to start eating a lot more and add more calories to my diet.

[martinelli]

Originally Posted by stracin

Going off your stats here, you DO NOT need to worry about rep ranges.

You just need a routine, progressive overload and FOOD!!!!

Might I recommend a 3-day, full-body foundational program to start? Rippetoe's SS is where I got started and I'll recommend it too anyone. As long as you progress your weights workout to workout and eat a surplus, you will get hypertrophy.

Yeah, SS or 5x5 are good starting programs. In the beginning, strength will dictate future hypertrophy, and I'm assuming based on your current stats that you're starting out. 5 reps is a good start for most people because the rep count isn't so high that it starts cutting into consistent load progression. But, you'll get mixed responses on this. I just find that for myself, 5 reps facilitates my session-to-session progress.

[tee worm]

Originally Posted by stracin

sometimes, when my chest is being stubborn, i'll start loading the t-bar for rows, and then i'll run over and hit some bench press. Fools my pecs every time.

lol

[NTT91]

as long as you are getting progressively stronger and eating enough, rep ranges don't matter a whole lot...