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dvdman69

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Help Please - 26 June 2008 21:08

What is best for building muscle, Slow heavy reps to failure or not so heavy highreps to a pump, give reasons why, Your reasons that is.
Had a discussion in my local council gym about it. Just wanted your opinions. No arguing please.

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muscleman2008 Total Posts : 1534 Reward points : 334 Joined: 03/03/2008 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: Help Please - 26 June 2008 21:10 No higher than 10 reps id say. But other than that each individuals growth will be triggered by different types of training. I improve with heavy weight with reps going no over 5. Bench - 140kg Squat - 180kg Deadlift - 190kg My Journal

dvdman69 Total Posts : 2116 Reward points : 3356 Joined: 18/06/2004 Location: Sitting on my a** doin nottin Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:03 Bump this for a new day Some people are born great Others have greatness thrust upon them, *I find My greatness comes in a tub of Dianabol.* http://www.mrmdvd.com/

JohnKerr2 Total Posts : 10186 Reward points : 4038 Joined: 14/07/2003 Location: London United Kingdom Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:06 I'd say slow heavy reps to failure and not so heavy high reps to a pump. Ten thousand glorious years.

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RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:07

varies from person to person though generally though to be 8-12 reps for all muscle groups except for legs which are 12-20

do a search in the training/beginners forum on rep ranges or hypertrophy

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cu3ed Total Posts : 21695 Reward points : 3177 Joined: 02/09/2004 Location: Cannot be bothered anymore. Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:07 I pump is just that, where as if I get a pump in the muscle im working to early, I feel it can hinder my session and cant lift as heavy for my usual rep range which is about 6-8 reps mostly. A pump wont break down the mucle as much as going heavy....at least thats how I feel.

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RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:11

Intensity, intensity, intensity - within your muscles' rep range barrier - usually 8-15 for upper body and often up to 20 reps on legs.

Either method you mention will produce results as long as there's no swinging, cheating, hip-swinging, quarter-depth reps and all the other comical stuff that comes with trying to look "'ench" in a gym.

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peagreen Total Posts : 1552 Reward points : 1313 Joined: 08/04/2007 Location: The back of arseville city!! Status: online	Reply to message Message Options RE: Help Please - 27 June 2008 12:26 I tend to pyramid my reps with a higher increasing weight. For example - squats yesterday. 120K x 10 140 x 8 160 x 6 180 x 4 190 x 2