heavy weights low reps

[house1]

i am getting away from it for a while. i am getting strong as a fuck but am not growing like i want to be.

i will be backing down the weights uping the reps abit 10 to 15 range and working towards getting high reps with the heavy weight i am doing low reps with now.

still with me

sometimes you have to change your whole system to get things going again.

its that time for me now.

 

[Beast_19_301]

Good way too shock the muscles. How low are your reps you are using right now?

 

[house1]

been doing heavy 6 reps. i backed the weight down today abit and did 10 to 15 rep sets for chest.[mostly15 reps sets]

my chest is fried right now.

i will train like this for a while and see how my body responds.

 

[DADAWG]

been doing heavy 6 reps. i backed the weight down today abit and did 10 to 15 rep sets for chest.[mostly15 reps sets]

my chest is fried right now.

i will train like this for a while and see how my body responds.

nothing wrong with shocking the body and letting your joints have a little rest but dont stay away from heavy weights to long imo the only to get really thick is to lift heavy , some may disagree but i believe it stand next to a powerlifter who can lift serious weight [ ed coan as an example ] his thickness is incredible even compared to a bodybuilder

 

[Beast_19_301]

I Been doing alot more powerlifting movements, i'm trying to stay away from the bodybuilding kinda, I just want those big thick muscles.
Ya I agree it is good to lift heavy, but the wear and tear on the body is a little much. Like DADAWG said don't stay away from the heavy weight too long. I would say a month max, just too see if have any changes.

But how much longer do u have on your diet?

 

[bassmanjp]

why don't aim for 8-12 instead of 15 ?

or if you can work with stripping method, go for 10 and strip down for 2 to 5 more. or work out something w/ rest pause. hitting for something like 12.

but if you keep your max workload between the 8-12 reps range, it should give you great gain.

also, for mass, i try to be really explosive on the positive part of the movement and really slow on the negative part.


anyway, my 2 cents on this one.
you're the one who knows his body, but I never had size gains on reps higher than 15.

if you can get it to 12 and keep on increasing weights, you should do pretty good.

 

[house1]

bass, i will be doing the 15 rep range for about 2 weeks bro. just to give the body something different.

then i will be upping the weight and doing the 8 to 10 rep range [my favorite]. 10 reps is was i am shooting for with heavy fucking weight brother.

the stripping method is a killer after a heavy set. will be doing that at the end of my core lifts.

 

[bassmanjp]

bass, i will be doing the 15 rep range for about 2 weeks bro. just to give the body something different.

then i will be upping the weight and doing the 8 to 10 rep range [my favorite]. 10 reps is was i am shooting for with heavy fucking weight brother.

the stripping method is a killer after a heavy set. will be doing that at the end of my core lifts.

15 for 1-2 week is a great loading period.

that should be a good training then. hope you'll get even more massive with it. best of luck bro.

 

[eastarr69]

been doing heavy 6 reps. i backed the weight down today abit and did 10 to 15 rep sets for chest.[mostly15 reps sets]

my chest is fried right now.

i will train like this for a while and see how my body responds.

I train like this when on,six rep range... and when off, i do as you are doing now, and i back the weight off a bit and increase the reps from a minimum of e to 12...this kept me my good gains that i got while on, and i did not lose anything from my maxes, the only hard thing i found was that i did not have the wind at first to increase the reps...but, that came soon...

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[house1]

east, wind is my biggest problem. high reps kill me. i am trying to build up a bit more stamina

 

[SMACKAVELI]

Nice. That two weeks of High Reps will also get your heart rate pumping. Excellant way of shocking the muscles House. I'll give you a week and a half until you start hitting your Heavy weights again. Your gonna miss it too much!

I get winded also when doing HIT or similar style training. Taking in alot of O before lifts helps, can't we just bring around oxygen tanks like at football games?

 

[house1]

smack, i wish i could carry around an oxygen tank.lol


your right on the week and a half brother. this is week one and i am iching to grab the big weights already

 

[DADAWG]

smack, i wish i could carry around an oxygen tank.lol


your right on the week and a half brother. this is week one and i am iching to grab the big weights already

whats bad is when your a big guy , out of air and down on the floor flat on your back because the dbol pump is crippling the little old ladies peeking in from the other room really like it

 

[MP5]

House, what kind of weight your throwing around for 15 reps? just curious since you are a big bastard.

 

[slobberknocker]

LOL damn 15 reps. 8 is high for me, lol.

 

[house1]

mp5, instead of doing 150 lb db s for incline bench i am doing 120's for 15, 3 sets

i have dropped the weight quite abit in everything since i started this. so far so good though.

 

[MP5]

God damn you are a strong fucker.

You do any barbell work? I dropped the weight and upped the reps to 12 last night on bench, i was just not feeling up to heavy weight and low reps last night.

 

[house1]

mp5, i dont do much with barbells . i will throw them in once in awhile for something different. i stay away from flat bench barbell. kills my shoulders

i love dumbells - i feel you get more range of motion with them

 

[MP5]

I did dumbells only for a year and a half and just got to the point where I did not get pumped much from them, not too sore, and no more gains. I have been doing flatbench for a month now and it is shooting up like crazy like the old days. As soon as I plateau on flat I will go back to dumbells. Incline dumbells that is.

 

[DADAWG]

mp5, i dont do much with barbells . i will throw them in once in awhile for something different. i stay away from flat bench barbell. kills my shoulders

i love dumbells - i feel you get more range of motion with them

i cant flat bench heavy with my shoulders either so i use reverse grip when i go heavy on barbell benches