Sentences with phrase «of reps per exercise»

However, if your exercise routine consists of large numbers of reps per exercise, which means more than 15 per set, or if your routine is very high in sets, which means more than 20 sets per muscle group, then a diet with no carbohydrates can be harmful.

Not exact matches

These are compound exercises which can be performed with relatively heavy weights, but can be more efficient when done in the moderate rep range of 5 - 10 reps per set.

As the name suggests, this method includes performing 5 sets of 5 reps per exercise.

There is research being done at California State University in Fullerton that says that when you eat a low amount of carbs, it has absolutely no effect on your exercise effectiveness up to 15 reps per set, specifically for squats, leg presses and leg extensions.

Start your triceps workout with dips or close grip bench press and pushdowns — perform three sets per exercise, treating the first one as a warm - up set of 12 - 15 reps, while taking the other two to failure.

According to the recommendations from strength coaches, these exercises are best performed three times per week as a part of a circuit with 12 - 15 reps on each exercise in three rounds.

In week two, you add one rep per exercise so instead of performing 2 / 2/2 / 2 / 2/2 reps of the squat, you would perform 3 / 2/2 / 2 / 2/2 / and 7 / 6/6 in the deadlift.

In short, your ideal workout should focus on multi-joint, compound exercises instead of isolation moves using heavy weight and a low volume (ideally 6 - 8 reps per set), and allow only super-short periods of rest between sets (1 - 3 minutes).

Make sure to focus on maintaining proper form on every rep of every exercise and opt for three workouts per week for optimal results.

Do this exercise for 13 reps per set, for a total of two sets.

When performing the exercises with straps, reps per set were increased by an average of one to two compared to not using straps.

With StrongLifts, you train three times per week and each workout consists of three compound barbell lifts for 5 sets of 5 reps, with the exception of the deadlift, which is only 1 set of 5 reps.. The list of exercises is pretty short but straight to the point, including only the squat, bench press, deadlift, overhead press and barbell row.

Do these exercises for four sets each and of course, 21 reps per set.

Numerous studies have concluded that a total number or around thirty reps per exercise is essential for the start of muscle hypertrophy.

Perform this exercise for three sets of 10 reps twice per day.

Simply go back and forth between exercises until you reach the highest number of reps in the set (in this case, 5 reps per drill); you will do 1 rep of each, then 2 reps of each, etc until you reach 5 before resting between rounds.

However, from my own experience the most effective method is a pyramid system were you do 10 repetitions of 10 exercise for the first circuit then do 9 repetitions for the second and then 8 reps and so on until you get down to only 1 rep per exercise.

If you're looking to add mass, you want to choose a weight that allows you to hit 6 - 8 reps per set of the exercise before you really fatigue.

With this type of training you are going to perform 5 sets of 5 reps per exercise for the exercises you have chosen.

You could start this program by aiming for two sets of 8 - 10 reps per exercise but as your strength and size increase you should really introduce techniques that boost the intensity even further.

For the workout, Daniel Craig would do 3 sets of each exercise, with 8 - 10 reps per exercise.

Rob Riches advises doing 3 circuits of 15 - 25 reps per exercise.

If you use 15 - 20 reps per set on hamstring exercises — a repetition range often promoted by the Nautilus disciples — your training intensity would be approximately 50 - 55 % of your maximum.

As you know I have always said that to build amazing muscle and strength with bodyweight exercises you need to follow the proven bodybuilding strategy of keeping the reps between 6 and 10 and the sets between 12 and 16 per body part.

Complete 2 rounds of 20 reps per exercise.

Week Two: After warmups, perform 5 work sets of 15 reps per set / per exercise.

Week Four (Deload Week): After warmups, perform 2 work sets of 12 reps per set / per exercise.

Week One: After warmups, perform 4 work sets of 15 reps per set / per exercise.

2 Times per week complete the following exercises for 2 sets of 15 Reps, rest for 30 - 60 seconds between each set:

With only 4 exercises per session, each with 3 sets, I could definitely manage sets of 8 reps instead of 5 if it would be beneficial.

Our exercise routine includes 10 minutes of aerobics, 2x / day for 2 - 3 days a week along with strength training, 8 - 12 reps per exercise, 2 - 3x week.

So now I do a total of 100 reps for each exercise and 3 exercises per upper body part... and the pump is unreal and I feel like I'm getting 10,000 times more out of doing it this way than the old school method I used to do.

Now, I've tweaked it a little, so I'm doing a 25 - 45 rep, one set to failure per body part routine of 8 exercises, twice per week.

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.

i rest 3 minutes per set and then do the next exercise in the circuit w / the same # of reps and 10 second rest period.

I've been trying to gain muscle mass and I've been doing 5 sets of 10 reps per exercise.

Would you say a good way to try and get the best of both worlds be to do something like 3 sets of 7 reps per exercise??

So I do 3 sets of 5 reps for 3 different exercises per muscle group.

If you add two reps in every pushing exercise throughout the week (let us assume that you train four exercises of this category per week), then it is an increase of 8 reps in total weekly volume.

The 1st being a warm - up set followed by 3 working sets of 10 reps per exercise.

A wide rep range of 5 - 30 repitions per exercise will work, depending on the type of exercise.

A bodybuilder I know suffered an injury that forced him to train extremely light doing one set of 100 reps per exercise.

You will definitely build a six pack quickly after 2 - to - 4 workouts by doing 1 of these 2 exercises for 2 - to - 6 sets of 8 - to - 12 reps per workout 2 - to - 4 days per week but...

2 - 3 sets of 8 - 12 reps per exercise with medium rest (2 - 3 minutes) works well for me.

Most people stick to workouts where they do something along the lines of 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps per exercise, with 2 - 3 minutes rest between sets.

Perform each exercise up to twice per week for optimal results and make sure to use a weight that allows you to only just achieve the targeted number of reps, but that you can still control safely.

For example, many women think they need to do 20 or 30 reps per set of every exercise with little pink 3 or 5 lb barbie weights, because if they actually lift heavier weights, they falsely believe they will «bulk up».

For example, training volume can be estimated in total reps per exercise, in total amount of sets per training session, in total amount of weight lifted in exercise per training session, in total amount of sets or reps per day or per week, or per year etc..

That means, for the majority of the shoulder exercises we'll discuss, you'll be doing just 4 - 6 reps per set.

This means you should shoot for at least 8 to 12 reps per set when you're doing four sets and to stay away from doing more than four sets of any exercise.