Sentences with phrase «using moderate reps»

Using an average lifting tempo (2 -0-2-0), you will usually achieve a time under tension anywhere from 40 to 70 seconds using moderate reps, which is the ideal time for maximizing hypertrophy.

Not exact matches

Note — where no 1RM % is given, just use a moderate weight so that the last rep is hard but not all out.

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.

That's why bodybuilders focus on achieving hypertrophy with 3 - 5 sets, using moderate resistance (50 - 75 % of 1RM) and reps in the 8 - 12 range.

They are best trained within the 6 - 15 rep range and by using moderate to heavy weight.

Yes, that means you have a lot of flexibility in the weights you select, and the set / rep brackets you use, all the way from singles with super heavy weights to 10 reps with more moderate weight.

You've got a lot of freedom with assistance exercises (you can go heavy, moderate, high - rep, low - rep, train to failure, pyramid or reverse pyramid your weights, use some «intensity techniques»; whatever), but I wouldn't try to reinvent the wheel.

The below movements can be done for 3 sets of either moderate reps (8 - 12) or higher rep - based training (15 - 20), using moderate to light weight.

You SHOULD however, be using low to moderate reps with heavy weight to, in layman's terms, give your muscles a reason to stick around.

Like I said before, I use moderate weights and high reps, not so many sets, but my training is quite intense and diverse with barely any pauses.

But the point is that I am using high reps with moderate weights nowadays and I am not getting barely any mass on me at all, and better than that is that my muscles are getting quite denser and denser everytime I train, and I don't even train that often (although I am planning to turn up the heat on my training in the meantime, probably when I move out to a southern part of the world, as I don't like how cold it is here most of the year where I live now:P).

However, assuming your quads have an average slow - twitch: fast - twitch ratio, or if you're unsure, your best bet for building strength and size is to use moderate to heavy weight for moderate to low reps (e.g. 3 - 10 rep sets) on quadriceps exercises.

If something feels off and you're not 100 % confident in your technique, I recommend using a moderate weight and doing higher volume (more reps and sets).

The moderate rep range is the most popular rep range in use today, but has been praised as the best of both worlds to give you a great mix of lifting weight while maximizing the types of muscle fibers being affected.

Overhead press and push press are probably more effective when done for heavier weight and lower reps (i.e. 3 - 6 reps) since lifting heavier loads overhead is more effective for developing core strength and improving the functional skill of lifting and holding objects overhead; that said, it's wise to use lighter weight and more moderate reps (e.g. 5 - 10) when first learning the overhead press or push press.

He also was infamously known for using a combination of compound and isolation movements in his training, and for training with mostly moderate to high reps, rarely doing fewer than eight reps a set.

That strength is very easily maintained in the moderate rep range but it allows you to use heavier rates.

Perform this exercise for moderate sets and reps using loads at or near an athlete's 80 - 110 % snatch best.

Use moderate to high reps 8 - 20 + with moderate to short rest periods.

Hi, I've been weight training for about a year now I am currently working chest & Tri (sat) back & bi (sun) mon off, shoulders & I legs tues, weds off then start routine again hitting muscles every 4 days, each training day consists of about 8 exercises for example 4 chest 4 Tri and am using 8 rep range, I've had moderate results!