I see people from time to time going for light weights with much sets / repetitions. So, if they train their shoulders 4 times a month, they'd go 3 times with heavy weights with 3 sets x 8 or 10 and once with light weights. Is this really done to stimulate / increase blood supply to shoulders or what's the point of it? Is it even right or pointless?
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Thread: Good or pointless?
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05-08-2013, 07:47 AM #1
Good or pointless?
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05-08-2013, 08:52 AM #2
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05-08-2013, 09:36 AM #3
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05-08-2013, 10:49 AM #4
When you say high reps, how many are we talking?
Anyway, you are referring to deloading. More: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...1391461&page=1
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05-08-2013, 10:57 AM #5
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IMO 3 x 8 or 3 x 10 isn't too heavy
but occasionally training with the high reps 15+ is gonna help... its good to change things up every once in a while, provide a different stimulus. then again, any lifting is better than none
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the higher the reps, the more endurance is involved. the heavier the percentage of maximal load, the more strength is involvedLast edited by zakatak333; 05-08-2013 at 11:07 AM.
The muscles i value most are the ones directly surrounding the spine, the hips, the scapula, the femur and the tibia... in that order.
Basically the whole body minus chest and biceps... pretty much the opposite of what your local gym looks like on a typical Monday.
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05-08-2013, 11:02 AM #6
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Many people do things because they don't know any better. When I walk into the gym every day there's a huge line of women that wait for the Zumba class to start, they never lose any weight or look any better but they do it over and over again because they thing Zumba is what's going to make them fit and trim. I also see fat people doing endless sets of wrist curls and tricep extensions as if those things will help them get lean. People do all kinds of stupid **** for stupid reasons, mostly because they don't actually think about what they're doing in the first place. They just do what they're told in the latest issue of whatever magazine they're reading which is usually crap.
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05-08-2013, 11:34 AM #7
I love lifting heavy but I do High reps light weight (with more time under tension) once in awhile also. I do it to give myself a break from all the heavy lifting and to focus more on form. It would kill my body to go heavy none stop man need a break once in awhile.
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Squat 455 lbs x 5
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