What is the best way to increase your strength....?
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Thread: Strength obsessions
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08-30-2014, 04:08 AM #1
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08-31-2014, 01:56 PM #9
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08-31-2014, 01:57 PM #10
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08-31-2014, 06:26 PM #11
Other people will disagree with me, but I found that rep ranges that are considered to be "hypertrophy" ranges do the most for me to increase strength LONG TERM.
3-5 sets of 5-12 reps truly is where it is at. The reason being is that what is considered the "strength range" I feel doesn't give you enough volume to consistently progress over a period of more then 3-4 weeks. I worked up to a 340 bench press back in high school at only 17 years old by training with 6-10 reps 80% of the time and then just doing 4's, 3's, and 2's the last 3 weeks before our max out day. I tried just sticking with the heavier reps one time, and I failed to get stronger once I had adapted neurally to the weight.
Without fail, I knew that if I could do even just 5 more pounds one cycle with 3 sets of 10 than the last cycle, my 1RM would go up.Strong, aesthetic crew.
My Definitely Not 5/3/1 Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=167683321&p=1366691651#post1366691651
Current gym total: 1250@ 218. Goal: 1400 by the end of 2015.
Music to lift heavy stuff: Asking Alexandria, We Came as Romans, Bring Me the Horizon, Jamie's Elsewhere
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08-31-2014, 07:39 PM #12
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08-31-2014, 11:24 PM #13
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I mostly agree with this, it's what Paul Carter has been writing a lot about recently. A larger muscle is a stronger muscle - you could quite happily leave the worry about neural peaking to competing powerlifters.
DUP principles indicate some degree of synergy but the majority of the work is still done with 5+ reps (a bit like 5/3/1 - the majority of the work is in the accessories)
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09-01-2014, 04:40 AM #14
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09-01-2014, 08:53 AM #16
There are so many guys u see ...who are so lean and lift weights many times their weight....i mean how do they do it...dat is what i am looking for
The problem is dat....at 5'8" height when i go for adding mass ...i add a lot of fat easily ....n dat look is no good ...i guess a lot of endomorphs have this problem...
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09-01-2014, 09:02 AM #17
Have a look at this fellow Indian, Tejas Jaishankar
Recovered from an accident(42 fractures)...worked out for 2 years and won the Indian Strongest Man in the 70-90kg category
The stats say he deadlifted 140kg.. 23 times and did 27 reps of 30kg single hand dumbell press....n looks like he doesnt even lifts :-/
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09-01-2014, 09:13 AM #18Strong, aesthetic crew.
My Definitely Not 5/3/1 Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=167683321&p=1366691651#post1366691651
Current gym total: 1250@ 218. Goal: 1400 by the end of 2015.
Music to lift heavy stuff: Asking Alexandria, We Came as Romans, Bring Me the Horizon, Jamie's Elsewhere
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