Just think about it logically with me for a moment here, IST.
What's stopping me from doing:
>0pl8 for 45 reps = 900kg
>0pl8 for 75 reps = 1500kg
>0pl8 for 105 reps = 2100kg
>0pl8 for 135 reps = 2700kg
>0pl8 for 165 reps = 3300kg
Instead of:
>1pl8 for 15 reps = 900kg
>2pl8 for 15 reps = 1500kg
>3pl8 for 15 reps = 2100kg
>4pl8 for 15 reps = 2700kg
>5pl8 for 15 reps = 3300kg
When they achieve the same final objective?
Just let that sink in.
Pro tip: You literally have no argument against this.
By your logic this should work, but in practice it doesn't, you need some sufficient intensity but nobody knows for certain how much (probably varies individually) or why
Here's the likely answer as far as I can see it:
Because your body recruits muscle fibers as needed, uses them to exhaustion then recruits other muscle fibers to take over
When the weight is sufficiently intense, you are "using up" your muscle fibers faster than they recover, until you hit a point of failure and you're done
But if the intensity is very very low, then only a certain number of fibers are required for you to lift the weight, and they will recover when other fibers take over such that they have recovered enough to be recruited again
Basically say you have 2 fibers (obviously just to illustrate what I'm trying to say)
The weight is heavy
Fiber A gets recruited, and is getting exhausted after a few reps. Fiber B gets recruited, and fibers A & B both fatigue and you fail.
Now let's say the weight is light
Fiber A is recruited and fatigues very slowly. At some point it's sufficiently fatigued that fiber B is recruited. The weight is so unintense that fiber B can basically handle it, and so fiber A is actually recovering even though the muscle as a whole is currently under load. And so fiber A recovers and takes over again while B recovers. Maybe in this situation neither fiber is ever sufficiently fatigued that it receives sufficient stimulus for the body to grow it (or supplement it with new fibers) and so no hypertrophy results
That makes sense in my head, but I don't know if it's true
Anyway it doesn't matter, the only real answer is "try it and see if it works"
Thinking about it, you might have a point, op
But for the wrong reasons
Doing these absurd reps with such a tiny amount of weight is actually a conditioning routine
You may even be able to build some muscle, since hypertrophy is all about low weight high reps anyway
You will absolutely not build any real amount of strength though
Ultimately, you will be able to develop mad conditioning gains if you actually can endure 165 reps, which is definitely an awesome thing
The average powerfat will be to the brink of passing out from just going up some stairs, because they focus it all on strength and disregards conditioning, so their "power" is pretty much useless outside the gym
So you can achieve best of both worlds if you're able to mix both scenarios you presented
>tonnage
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i... well i actually can't argue against that
but it is just like a fairy tale
i will believe when i see it
got any examples of people who succeeded following that logic?
would unironically save me hundreds of dollars
of course nobody would suggest a routine like that
getting IST with so little investment? the ~~*fitness industry*~~ would not be happy with that
Anon, in case you don't know basic math. Go multiply 0 x some rep range. And tell me what the answer is.
Doing 0X billion is still zero.
Because the intensity of the exercise also counts. Anything below 5 reps in reserve basically doesn’t count.
Have YOU tried it though? Post results.
>When they achieve the same final objective
They don't. The goal is not just to accumulate a certain tonnage, but to provide a specific stimulus. 165 light reps provides a different stimulus than 15 heavier reps.
>me waiting for you to finish your set
somebody please prove op wrong so i can stop eagerly monitoring this thread
feels like i'm getting blueballed here
you could problably do it but it will stress out your joints like mad after 1000 fricking reps. There's a meme challenge guy on yt who did something like this and regrets it.
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skip to 6:00 btw
He fricked his tendons, actually