When cutting is it better to do high reps 12 to 15 or low reps 8 to 10?
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Thread: Cutting high reps or low reps
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11-22-2010, 05:08 AM #1
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11-22-2010, 05:44 AM #2
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11-22-2010, 05:46 AM #3
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11-22-2010, 06:23 AM #4
Continue to train as heavy as you have been. If you suddenly start lifting lighter weight, you'll signal your body to burn for fuel any muscle mass that's not needed to meet demand. This is especially true while in a calorie deficit.
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11-22-2010, 07:42 AM #5
This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Your body will think it doesn't need to be strong any more so it can eat those big steaks hanging on your chest since you won't be needing them any more.
Your body will want to get rid of things that are taking cals away from required bodily functions and muscle takes a lot of cals to maintain.
It's a lot like when you're paycheck gets cut. You stop spending money on things that are unnecessary and keep the money for rent and food and cell phone bills; the things that are necessary for survivalIf you don't get what you want you didn't want it bad enough
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11-22-2010, 08:09 AM #6
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11-22-2010, 08:35 AM #7
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Since the goal of cutting is to lose fat, and weight training gives an extended metabolic boost, lift like crazy.
Your capacity will decrease due to a caloric deficit, but continue to push yourself. In addition to heavy lifting, an increase in volume will burn more calories as well.
Also, caloric/carbohydrate/protein and cardio timing can affect your results.
Cardio post weight traning give the greatest benefit of burning calories while allowing good lifting. Cardio before lifting will result in the greatest calorie burn overall, but possibly reducing lifting capacity. The research has been posted here before.oh and gecko that link did not contain answers only the search page - swiftness_02
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11-22-2010, 02:23 PM #8
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11-22-2010, 03:07 PM #10
1st of all 8-10 isnt exactly low, it is moderate.
for max hypertrophy, bb'ers should use a range of reps to hit as many fiber types as possible. there isnt much reason to change your rep scheme when cutting, either lowering it or raising it.
to build muscle u should use rep schemes to stimulate as much muscle as possible & continuously try to increase performance (i.e increase your 5rm, 10rm, 15rm etc) which will result in more muscle with excess nutrients.
to maintain u should be doing the same scheme, just not shooting for any new records in any rep range. so u aim to maintain ur various rep maxes while cutting fat.
the exact optimal mix of rep schemes is determined by experience & will vary b/w ppl."Though the concept is not scientifically validated in detail (it should be considered as a hypothesis rather than a scientific theory), it is useful from a practical standpoint. When training athletes, it is impossible to wait until scientific research provides all of the necessary knowledge." Vladmir M. Zatsiorsky, Ph.D.
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11-22-2010, 03:16 PM #11
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11-22-2010, 03:52 PM #12No brain, no gain.
"The fitness and nutrition world is a breeding ground for obsessive-compulsive behavior. The irony is that many of the things people worry about have no impact on results either way, and therefore aren't worth an ounce of concern."--Alan Aragon
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11-22-2010, 05:01 PM #13
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11-22-2010, 06:33 PM #15
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11-22-2010, 06:36 PM #16
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11-22-2010, 07:22 PM #17
If the deficit is mild enough there should be little or no strength decreases. Plus, there is also the option of increasing rest between sets to compensate, not just lightening the load. This means the workout will last longer unless volume is reduced. The other option is to keep volume the same & split the workout into 2 sessions a day. Most people are scared of the 'double-split' & see it as an automatic ticket to 'overtraining', but its total workload per muscle group that is most important, not so much how they are arranged.
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