how many reps should i aim for when squatting?

[L1FTHVY]

on leg days i always start with heavy squats after a proper warm up.

i usually do 5 sets of 3-5 reps as heavy as i can go

will this build hypertrophy aswell as strength in the legs?

[Whey Hey]

It will definately build strength, but as far as im aware, not much hypertrophy.

Try mixing your leg workout up, i do 3 sets of very heavy squats, then 3 sets of high rep squats (12-15) with the highest weight i can do safely...

You tried 5x5?

[weakshit]

IMO 5 sets in the 3-5rep range would be great for increasing size and strength.. IF you make sure you eat more.

[GoJu]

IMO 5 sets in the 3-5rep range would be great for increasing size and strength.. IF you make sure you eat more.

you don't have to put on weight to gain strength...

[weakshit]

you don't have to put on weight to gain strength...

ur right, meant to say size is more diet related, although it definately helps both!

[Tiny08]

While we're having this thread about squats i have a question! To put some serious size on your legs many people warm up then do 1x20 of difficult weight. I've read quite a few stories and have seen many pictures of before and after. My question is if i do 275x20 or 295x20 i would put on some size(i can do 275x20) and would i get stronger or just more conditioned? I want to be able to do 405x10 sometime soon but so far ive done 5x5(Up to ~390) and 225x20 at the end. Any thoughts?

[tinyman5000]

While we're having this thread about squats i have a question! To put some serious size on your legs many people warm up then do 1x20 of difficult weight. I've read quite a few stories and have seen many pictures of before and after. My question is if i do 275x20 or 295x20 i would put on some size(i can do 275x20) and would i get stronger or just more conditioned? I want to be able to do 405x10 sometime soon but so far ive done 5x5(Up to ~390) and 225x20 at the end. Any thoughts?

PSU sucks man no one knows

[BEhave]

While we're having this thread about squats i have a question! To put some serious size on your legs many people warm up then do 1x20 of difficult weight. I've read quite a few stories and have seen many pictures of before and after. My question is if i do 275x20 or 295x20 i would put on some size(i can do 275x20) and would i get stronger or just more conditioned? I want to be able to do 405x10 sometime soon but so far ive done 5x5(Up to ~390) and 225x20 at the end. Any thoughts?

Apparently a guy on this site did 20 rep squats. Legs got huge but his max squat practically stayed thesame.

[Tiny08]

Apparently a guy on this site did 20 rep squats. Legs got huge but his max squat practically stayed thesame.

I need some size on mine haha. 6'6" makes it hard to have bulky anything.

[L1FTHVY]

can i have some more info on this 5x5 stuff?

[GoJu]

what do you want to know, there's lots of ways to do 5 x 5 but the most prominent ways are

1) do 4 warm up sets and 1 work set and increase when you feel you can

2) do 2 warm up sets and 3 work sets or 5 work sets and increase when you can get all the work sets.

you can google madcow 5 x 5 or dan john 5 x 5 for some good info.

[L1FTHVY]

thanks holmes