So, I've been researching this all over the internet, and I can't find the answer to this question anywhere. Some people say that heavier lifting gives you bigger muscles and some say less weight, and more reps will give you more mass. Does this all come down to your genetic makeup (and diet)?
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04-09-2011, 09:36 PM #1
More Reps, Less Weight= Bigger Muscles?
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04-09-2011, 09:44 PM #7
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The commonly accepted weight ranges are:
2-6 - Movements should be explosive, good for developing strength
8-12 - Slow and controlled with a focus on the negative, good for muscular hypertrophy
12+ - steady tempo, good for developing endurance
Now just because this is what results general come in a range doesn't mean that incorporating and manipulating different rep ranges with different speeds of movement wont yield different results. Genetics play a factor in everything to, as you train over the years you'll find out what works and what doesn't work for you.
In terms of adding mass and getting big, It all comes down to the time under tension your muscles endure during your working sets, How you eat, and how you sleep. No other ways around it
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Yeah, you are wrong. Thanks for the broscience.Look me in the eye. It's okay if you are scared, so am I, but we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I willn't become, you are scared of what I could become. Look at me! I will not let myself end where I started, I will not let myself finish where I begin. I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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Look me in the eye. It's okay if you are scared, so am I, but we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I willn't become, you are scared of what I could become. Look at me! I will not let myself end where I started, I will not let myself finish where I begin. I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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04-09-2011, 09:55 PM #18
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Didn't read now, will read later tho.
Exactly why am i wrong? The purpose of different weight ranges ( such as pyramid sets) is to stimulate ALL types or muscle fibers, whether they're slow, or fast twitching, since most muscles are a mixture of both (even if you have a dominant one ) both fibers will be stimulated :/word.
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04-09-2011, 09:56 PM #19
WOW GUYS. No one in this thread has any reading comprehension. Overload. OVERLOAD. If you can go to the gym and bench 45lbs for 50 reps, and add weight every workout until you are benching 900lbs for 50 reps, guess what, YOU ARE A SWOLE MOTHERFUCKER. Realistically, that doesn't happen, so we utilize the lower rep ranges.
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Look me in the eye. It's okay if you are scared, so am I, but we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I willn't become, you are scared of what I could become. Look at me! I will not let myself end where I started, I will not let myself finish where I begin. I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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Look me in the eye. It's okay if you are scared, so am I, but we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I willn't become, you are scared of what I could become. Look at me! I will not let myself end where I started, I will not let myself finish where I begin. I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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04-09-2011, 10:02 PM #24
Layne Norton:
"The notion that high rep ranges stimulate slow twitch fibers & low reps stimulate fast twitch fibers. The fact of the matter is that while high reps do stimulate slow twitch fibers, SO DO LOW REPS with heavy weights. You see your fiber types are recruited in order of need: slow twitch first, then intermediate, then fast. So as you can see, if you are lifting heavy loads for low reps you have already maximally stimulated your slow twitch fibers"
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04-09-2011, 10:31 PM #28
People spend to much time worrying about things such as rep ranges when they should be focusing on more important things like progressive overload and a caloric surplus.
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Look me in the eye. It's okay if you are scared, so am I, but we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I willn't become, you are scared of what I could become. Look at me! I will not let myself end where I started, I will not let myself finish where I begin. I know what is within me, even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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