Build Mass - High Reps Or Low Reps?

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[mark88bon]

The Drop/Strip set isnt that the best way to build mass. Because you drop the weight after your first set and immidiately keep going, you do quiet a lot of reps. Do you hit both fibers efficiently then?

[skinnygainmuscle]

@mark88bon Sure, drop/strip sets can work are also a good way to target all the muscle fibers - I include them in my own workouts occasionally.

[Millzy20]

What do you think about doing a full for out with heavy weight, 4-8 reps. then burning out at the end with 15-20 plus reps, say 2 sets?

[skinnygainmuscle]

@Millzy20 Throwing in some variation with higher reps, different lifting tempos etc... can be a great way to avoid "plateaus" in our strength and muscle gains. For pure muscle mass, I'd recommend sticking to maybe 4 sets heavy (rather than 1 set heavy and two sets light). But if aiming for strength WITH more muscle endurance and fat loss, your approach definitely has its place. It really just depends on the specific goals of the training program. Thanks for your question!

[BehindTheCurtain0]

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[skinnygainmuscle]

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[mmina654987]

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[MrFrost227]

lol .. this is amazing. After about four years worth of a learning curve in which i discovered that what your saying is true, I only just started to really gain any mass. Bravo. But I wish I had found this before now.

[Sabockis]

low reps are around 4-8

hi reps 15-20

and this video is true,you have to train both ways. but i think you should go 1month hi reps 1 month low. when u do low reps you need more sets(4-6 per exercise). hi reps less sets (2-4)

i would go 2 months low 1 month hi reps. but maybe it all depends on your goals.

[mastio2007]

What about this....5 set of 25 reps to failure + 5 set of 10-6 rep to "non failure" your body will recovery extremely fast and you'll see muscle really grow

[jreily88]

You don't want to do either low reps or high reps, as high reps(more than 12) with low weight are for circuit training or fat burning, and low reps(6 or less) with high weight are for powerlifting. You want to do moderate weight with moderate reps (8-10) for 3 to 4 sets each exercise, as this has been proven to engage hypertrophy or muscle growth the fastest.

[vincent7125]

low reps with heavy weight can be done on bend press, machine pull. Impossible to do pullover with heavy weight

[IMnotSAS]

@jayW817

Listen fag, my family has great genetics, my dad was 220 pounds solid muscle and was lifting 140 above his head in the 1950s at a time when the heavyweight champ was 185 pounds. Dont tell me about steroids, i dont need them, they are for normal faggy folk like you.

[jayW817]

hey man thanks for the vid it helped alot especially the nutritional vid but iv got a question would you recommend performing dropsets on every excercise you do??

[jayW817]

@IMnotSAS get bent! i bet your in your 20s, have taken anabolic steroids and had quick gains and think you know everything. but guess what your heart and kidneys are gonna pack up soon...goodbye

[xxsk8r101xx]

@mark88bon I realize this is an old comment but w/e...

You can't say what's best or what's worst, I used to do pyramids which works well for others and it wasn't getting the job done for me..

then i did drop sets and notice much more mass and strength gain, for others it might be different

hell, compound sets even work for alot of people too it varies and i think it's important to try everything before you stick to it.