I would rather
do less reps or less sets with heavy weight to deload than the same set - rep scheme with lighter weight.
For the first 3 weeks, Hugh Jackman would
do less reps, but more weight.
This is the slower progression method, where some people will want to
do less reps and progress to the next levels sooner — that's okay.
If you're looking to gain weight, then it's fine to
do less reps and more sets.
Then,
do less reps as your muscles fatigue.
The exercise where you can
do less reps is harder.
It's better to
do less reps perfectly than more reps poorly.
If you want to gain more strength, your body needs to push heavier weight (which will naturally force you to
do less reps).
3 sets of 4 - 6 (best to
do less reps with heavier weight, but you it feels easy for you with the kettlebells you have do an extra rep per set.
I lift five or six days a week, but I generally focus on building strength and muscle, so
I do less reps per set than Jimmie.
Typically I recommend a heavier weight for strength oriented sets where you are
doing less reps with more rest (like Front Squats, Strict Press, and Windmills), whereas I'd recommend a lighter weight for conditioning - focused, high intensity sets like Squat Presses, Figure 8's, and Clean & Presses or Jerks.
The best way to build muscles faster is by
doing less reps with heavy weights.
Make sure you maintain form on the Windmill, even if that means
doing less reps on each round.
Not exact matches
I tend to
do conventional sets and
reps, usually in a pyramid fashion (going from
less weight / more
reps to higher weight / fewer
reps.) But your body adapts to anything, and making progress gets tougher.
Q: How
do I compensate my salespeople when I can't afford to pay a big base salary, equity counts for
less than it used to, and the
reps aren't making their numbers?
It costs $ 10 to sign up, and most
reps sell Avon part - time and make on average
less than minimum wage
doing it.
• To increase strength, use
less reps and heavier weight, don't just keep banging out sets of 10 until the cows come home.
Just remember to keep it simple,
do as much work you can
do in
less time, use a variety of compound movements and include different
rep ranges, and you should be sporting a fit, sexy body in no time.
The more you lift the
less reps your going to
do: naturally.
Your first set while
doing a descending pyramid should be six
reps or
less, but after that you should take some weight off all the way through your fourth set.
While powerlifters tend to
do 5 or
less repetitions per set, bodybuilders use the 6 to 12
reps scheme, trying to achieve ultimate muscle stimulation.
If you've successfully completed two
reps, rest for a few minutes and try again with 5 - 10 more pounds, and if you didn't make it, rest a bit longer and try again with 5 - 10 pounds
less weight.
«
Less is more» in bodybuilding means that you don't have train until you're near - unconscious to make great gains, performing 20 different exercises for one body part won't give you better results than opting for a wise selection of 5 and focusing on
doing them with the proper form, weight and
rep range, training twice every day won't make you grow faster but it will set you back instead and....
My question is that
do you
do the same number of
reps or
do you
do less than what it says to
do in the phases?
When I
do on bar let's say my numbers are 10, when i
do it on door it is
less than 5
reps!!!
All because their routine says that they should
do that exercise for a certain amount of
reps and anything
less than that means your workout was a failure.
However, reading about the program he
does, I can confidently say that he looks that way more because he's lifting weights very near his one
rep max, and
less because of his diet.
love this routine, I have made great gains and strength, I have modified it slightly I
do a «light A» then a «light B», Heavy A and then a Heavy B then back to the light A My A day looks like this; Squats, Bench press, one arm row, machine row, weighted pull ups My B day looks like this; Dead lifts, over head press (strict, standing), bent over row, incline bench then weighted dips my heavy day is as prescribed above, my light days are
less weight but more
reps,
less break in between ie..
Note: With deadlifts I
do not recommend that
less experienced lifters use over 5 - 8
reps per set.
Start at the top of the
reps at 20 and 5
reps.. For each set, you will
do 1
less repetition for the swings and
doing 1
less repetition for every other set of goblet squats.
Using momentum is when you never actually stop at the top or bottom of a
rep, instead you kind of bounce at the bottom and one
rep flows into the next
rep. Usually these people are
doing very fast reps.. This makes each
rep significantly easier but it is
less effective.
Obviously the heavier the weight, the
less reps you will be able to
do.
Doing heavy weights with a single
rep max or very few
reps (
less than 5) might be good for developing strength but it sure take a toll on the joints.
If you are
doing a lot of heavy compound training for your chest and back then you will want to aim for a little
less reps of your arms.
If you're not using more weight /
doing more
reps / using harder exercises /
doing less rest between sets /
doing more sets etc. then you will not see any difference in your strength and how you look.
Furthermore, the stronger you are, the
less reps you should
do.
On the other hand,
doing long - duration steady cardio or performing countless sets and
reps can raise cortisol.You certainly don't need to lift heavy all the time, but you should spend a portion of your training time performing sets of eight or
less reps. And don't go crazy with the HIIT — a couple quality sessions each week will go a long way.
You can
do heavier, strength style training for
less reps or lighter weights for more
reps.
Because I see the bar every day I use it every day, at least once and in
less than 3 weeks I can now
do 2 sets of 5
reps, it's an amazing exercise and incredible how just a little — maybe 2 mins (max) several times a day — can make such a difference.
You can then gradually work your way onto
less and
less resistance bands until you can
do a few
reps on your own.
Is it okay to
do more sets and
less reps?
Also, you will likely need
less rest during the weeks where you're
doing higher
reps.. In other words, weeks where you're
doing 12
reps you will likely need
less rest.
Your fitter friends will need to push harder (
do more
reps in
less time) and require a longer workout duration than 7 min.
Then, in August, after the shoulder pain had more or
less subsided on its own, I returned to weights
doing higher
reps and the shoulder pain is gone again.
Less forceful tasks, such as high
rep strength training or distance running,
do not result in 100 % activation of all available muscle fibers, even at the end of the exercise when the trainee is working as hard as they can in that particular exercise.
You get bigger faster
doing that than from
doing less than 20
reps for a bunch of sets.
so instead of drugs or drinking i returned to the weights and juice i guess thats a drug lol in this last 2 yrs I've tried everything, to train like i was at the intensity at 28 uh not happening, Im at the point now where i got to be happy with me at 195 0r 200 cuz if i get any stronger I'm gonna get more achy and hurt, so my long ass point here is regardless of this routine that was posted the high
reps will keep you lifting longer, as your pump issue i find natural or not its the time between sets that dictates the pump, Corey you and many other naturals have
done it all and still don't look huge its genes id still be 170 or
less i bet if it wasn't for juice but let me say i wish i didn't
do it seriously i had a crappy sexdrive till androgel came out and now I'm only on 300 test a week, I'm
done with deca and eq I've been reading or maybe looking for negative stuff and I've found it, Another thing is with this routine to go to failure and getting to heavy weights on so many sets i think will take a cns toll i feel like crap for the last 4 days i overdid it.
As the weeks go by work on controlling and strengthening your technique on a lift, go incrementally heavier for
less and
less reps through your different 3 - week cycles and then finally
do a cycle of one
rep maxes.
As you increase the number of
reps strength is
less affected and endurance is more affected, until at some point you are
doing so many
reps that changes in strength are no longer measurable.
I would
do two sets of them — one heavy set where I added weight to my body so as to limit the
reps to
less than 20, then a lighter set with no additional weight and
do as many
reps as I could.