how many reps do you do

[jph]

if you are working with what is a heavy weight for you, how many reps and how many sets do you do? myself i always do atleast 3 sets of each exercise and try for 12 reps, but if i am going really heavy i feel good if i can get 8 to 10. anyone else??

 

[pullinbig]

i like singles for heavy weight.

 

[jph]

i like singles for heavy weight.

do you feel like that is enough on most exercises or only on the core exercises like deads, bench and squats...

 

[JC3]

My usually heavy cycle routine will go for about 6 weeks and I use triples and 5's. I am not a competitive pl'er but I do enjoy lifting heavy. I will then go to 10's for a week or two and then add weight and drop reps by 2 a week for a month until I am back down in the 3-5 range for 6 more weeks.

JC

 

[adidamps2]

it all depends on what im lifting and how i feel...my lifts range from the 3-20 rep range..it all depends on ones goals...

 

[jcp2]

I usually work up to a heavy triple or five on deads. Try to up the weight every week. squatting depends on what i am doing, a heavy set of raw squats would be 5. I like singles in my suit, form breaks down too much. Same in my deadlift suit, i have found anything other than singles in my deadlift suit is a waste. Benching i do high rep stuff on raw days, but i will be doing more heavy singles from now on, nothing at failure but heavy none the less. i keep my reps in the 8-15 rep range on the majority of my accesory work. I am a competitive powerlifter, so this will vary towards your goals.

 

[Winter]

Not trying to hijack this thread, but when you do singles, you would do a warmup and then just a set of 1 rep? You would only do this excercise one time?

 

[PBX4Sho]

my routine goes 1 warm up set of 15 reps, very light weight, then 8,6,4

 

[blackbeard]

Not trying to hijack this thread, but when you do singles, you would do a warmup and then just a set of 1 rep? You would only do this excercise one time?

no youll need to warm up more..this is a general template i follow when doing max effort work
# 1x5 @ 50%
# 1x3 @ 60%
# 1x2 @ 70%
# 1x1 @ 80%
# 1x1 @ 90%
# 1x1 @ 95%
# 1x1 @ 100%
i would then drop back to around 90% of my previous set and do some singles..

if you dont know your max thats fine but dont overestimate rather error on te light side

 

[Behemoth]

It depends on goals. Many times when I'm working in the 5 rep range, with my 5 RMs, I will also do some 15-20 rep light work afterwards to get some metabolic work going.

 

[jocktheglide]

I cant go over 10 on any weight so I stay within 6 to 10.

 

[wood78221]

i like to do a 18 week phase, first 6 weeks 10 reps..next 6 weeks 8...then last 6 weeks 6. Then it starts all over again.

 

[Vegas]

My heaviest sets are no more then 4 reps, and go as low as singles often.

 

[Tafman]

2-4

 

[Double3]

8-10