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essex_chris
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What counts as 'for reps'
I'm probably just having a blonde moment and reps simply means more than one lift - but when somebody says that they bench 100kg for reps what counts? Is doing 2-3 enough, or do you need to be repping out 4-5?
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 09:17:40
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Being plural, any number greater than one.
Of course, it would help if it was specified what that number was.
And whether a spotter was, in fact, rowing the bench press for the lifter.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 09:20:45
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I'd say at least 4, because you can do 'X' amount of weight for a double or triple, but no one ever says 'quadruple'!
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 09:40:54
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That's fair logic 
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 09:48:39
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anything more than one I would think, although if someone says that to me I presume 6+
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 09:51:17
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By definition its 2 reps or over, In practice though you have "Singles", "Doubles", "Triples", So four or over. Really its down to the individual, on how they view the description. Its a way of a weight trainer, being able to descibe an indeterminate number, of how many reps they feel confident of being able to do, with a particular weight, but may of never actually done. So they may have completed an easy double, therefore that person assumes can complete 3 or 4 reps. "For reps"= A sloppy term, That we should scrap.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 15:17:30
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I'd also say 4 or more, for the above reasons.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 16:16:24
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 16:30:49
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I do a lot of push ups and sit ups. And I drink plenty of milk. 
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 16:46:58
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Depends on the person saying it. Your typical BB'er or gym goer I would expect it to be a working set of 6-8+. For anyone who powerlifts at all it means more than 1.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 17:16:11
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Lol most people have no idea what you're on about mate. Inside jokes from other forums don't really work here.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 17:31:09
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I'm with 2 camps here..... I may very well say it myself for anything I do 4+ on but when I hear it said to me I immediately assume a minimum of 6 TBH.
I only ever really use the phrase when talking about training with 'outsiders'.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 17:46:28
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lil_jimmy
I'd say at least 4, because you can do 'X' amount of weight for a double or triple, but no one ever says 'quadruple'!
Jimbo
Ditto, I'd assume 4 or over Bit of a silly term really though, it doesn't take much effort to write "for 10 reps" as opposed to "for reps" I actually assume when I see it on some US forums that the person is lying, and isn't sure how strong they should pretend to be lol
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 18:32:11
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Id say 4 or over because after 4 the weight starts feeling much lighter.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/23 21:08:41
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Id say 4 or over because after 4 the weight starts feeling much lighter.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/24 02:16:59
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/24 08:07:42
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i'd say 4 and over as well
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/24 08:18:13
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lil_jimmy
I'd say at least 4, because you can do 'X' amount of weight for a double or triple, but no one ever says 'quadruple'!
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/24 16:59:24
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I'd say 2-3 reps, because if it was a decent number they'd say.
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Re:What counts as 'for reps'
2009/07/24 21:44:14
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For me rep would mean quite a high number, 8+
I normally say "reps" when knocking out 15 or so
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