Sentences with phrase «repetitions using heavy weights»

The guys at Cross Fit perform this exercise for low repetitions using heavy weights and also, controversially, for high reps using light to moderate weights.

Not exact matches

They achieve these results by using moderate to heavy weights in their routines, as well as larger number of sets and repetitions to pump their muscles with blood.

You should be performing these assisted repetitions with a weight heavier than the one you would normally use and do them for a set of reps written in your program rather than going for extra reps.

If your goal is to build big traps, use a super heavy weight that is very challenging between 1 - 12 repetitions.

In order to build muscle size, a woman must train using heavy weights and fewer repetitions of the chosen exercise, whereas lighter loads and more repetitions will build muscle strength and the firmness most women are striving for.

So the way you can think about it is not a really light load and not a really heavy load but basically kind of a medium load, the type of load you would use with right around 10 to 12 repetitions and so what that means is if all you're going after is getting yourself kind of tired out, really working the muscle and getting the maximum hormonal adaptation to strength training or to weight lifting or to lean muscle toning in the weight room — that 10 to 12 rep range is probably going to be a pretty good range for you if you really, truly are using about 75 % of your one repetition maximum.

Low reps, explosive movement weight training that uses anaerobic creatine energy system leads to an increased muscle ability to store creatine and regenerates it faster after it's been depleted (more creatine — an extra repetition with heavy weight); high reps, slower movement weight training that uses anaerobic lactic acid energy system increases muscle tolerance to lactic acid (more muscle endurance, required in extreme situations when there's a need to perform at a high intensity and sustain it for as long as possible — fighting for dear life is a good example).

Rack Pulls are done with the use of heavy weights and executed in low repetitions.

With free weights you can use momentum to grind out repetitions with heavy weights.