Sentences with phrase «multiple reps in a set»

This can also manifest itself when doing multiple reps in a set.

Not exact matches

Perform multiple squat reps every day, preferably in sets of 1,000.

In addition to acting as a benchmark for your strength gains, knowing your one - rep max with multiple lifts is a key to workouts that require a specific set of exercises and reps at a certain percentage of your personal max.

Just like with the single - leg squats, hammer a heavy variation in standard strength rep schemes between 4 - 8 for multiple working sets.

When doing curls or military presses, when one comes to the point in multiple reps that in order to complete the rep set, one has to start cheating i.e., not keeping ones form, should one stop when form is impossible to hold or is cheating acceptable if it is in the last 2 to 3 reps.I am under the impression that form is critical and that cheating does nothing but hurt oneself.

By utilizing two different exercises for alternating reps, you'll challenge your lats and upper back with massive tension from multiple angles in one set... very effective for muscle growth.

For example, most training programs consist of multiple sets, but all sets are done with reps in a range of 5 - 15 reps.. This, in my opinion, is too narrow of a range in order to train as many fibers as is desirable or practical.

Just keep in mind this is a pretty hardcore method; don't expect it to be as easy as low rep methods if you decide to do a multiple set routine.

The two best discoveries I ever made in terms of improving my results were a) decreasing from lifting multiple times per week to only once per week and b) adding one high rep set per exercise.

Doing one or two sets every day I got really strong within few weeks but my problem is because I train in my garage with just a limited amount of Weight with adjustable Dumbbells, I was limited to adding reps so instead I started doing multiple sets with the same weight such as the famous 5 x 5 but instead I do 5 x 20 - 30, this way it's going to take longer to achieve all sets with the same weight.

Also what about a method such as clustering using a heavy weight to complete multiple low rep sets in quick succession?

Methods you can experiment with: regular sets in the 2 - 4 and 4 - 6 rep ranges, rest - pause sets (multiple mini-sets of heavy weight using 90 % of your max weight taking only 10 - seconds rest between reps), wave loading (1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3, 1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3), contrast loading (1 x 1, 1 x 5, 1 x 1, 1 x 5, 1 x 1, 1 x 5).