Higher reps for legs?

[trainevenharder]

I usually keep my reps in the 8-10 range for most bodyparts but I've been doing:

10, 15, 10 for Squats.

I figure legs have more endurance so they need more work?

Am I on the right track or should I treat them like the rest of my body?

[Iwannagetbigger]

It would seem to me that legs would require low rep ranges with a lot of weight in order to respond to stimulus, even more so than other parts, simply because legs are constantly exposed to high rep exercise throughout daily life.

However, I don't really know anything, that just seems like it makes sense to me. Hopefully someone can back this theory up...

[egoatdoor]

10-15 reps can build leg mass if the reps are challenging, i.e. the last 2-3 reps are difficult. I don't necessarily believe low rep squatting is optimal for building leg mass because when the weight gets that high, the lower back and other assisting muscles come into play. If I squat 300, going all the way down, I feel it all in the quads. At 350, I feel it in my lower back and hams.

I don't understand the 10, 15, 10 rep scheme. Why this instead of 15, 10, 10?

[trainevenharder]

I don't know why but the first set always seems harder than the 2nd.

I don't think I could do 15 rep on the first set.

Btw, I do warmup before doing the first set so I don't know why this is.

[A-rod]

I dont see the point of doing high reps to build muscle mass ..........

[egoatdoor]

You may not be totally warmed up. Squats can be hard on the knees and lower back when they are "cold". I generally do three light( but with slightly increasing weight each set) sets of leg extensions before I squat to warm up the quads and knees, then start with two light warm up sets of squats, increasing the weight slightly each time again. Only then do I do three working sets with increasing weights.

I would say after you are fully warmed up, do a set of 15, then 2 sets of ten. The 15 rep set should be at a weight much less than the last two.

If you ever do hack squats, this warm up is even more important as that is a knee joint killer if you are not careful.

[Kane Fan]

I do highish reps in general
I'd try all 3
low rep high rep and mid range rep and give each like 2 months and see how you do then go with that went best

[amusclehead]

i prefer to keep it low; usually 4-6, sometimes 6-8 (about the highest i go on anything). again, that's just myself.

[maccer101]

I've found that a rep range of 12 is the best for my hams, as for quads I would vary it between 6-12, for example you could try use the same top weight for squats until you can do 12 clean reps then increase to a weight that you can only do for 6 reps and keep with that weight until you can do it for 12 reps.

I'm currently trying out HST training so will be using rep ranges of 5 - 15.

[midian]

i pyramid on squats 10;8;6;3 getting the best results ever from it but i always got great results from pyramid for legs