I like higher rep high intensity workouts. The mind muscle connection is so much better, the pump is insane, and I just feel great absolutely obliterating the muscles.
I was thinking instead of doing some count for reps, mentally giving up before I'm truly at failure...I would instead just count sets. Every set would be high intensity and to failure. And when the weight feels light I just up it a bit. Is this a bad game plan?
Your muscles have no way of telling how much weight they are lifting, they aren't smart, they just know they are getting worked hard ya know what I mean?
I've been doing sets for time. Almost like a tabata style session for a few weeks now and I really like it. So far 40sec w/ 20 rest has been where I really feel like I'm getting the most bang for the buck. Just don't try and hammer out reps, focus on good form and steady effort.
intensity is weight. full stop.
As long as you reach failure, you're all good I think.
Isn't that what most people do anyway? WHo stops at 10 reps just because thats what you had in mind before hand even if you feel like you can do a lot more? Unless you are on some powerlifting pogram doing submaximal stuff.
95% of the people at the gym don’t even know what a RPE 10 rep to actual failure feels like
One thing I do for OHP which you might like, is I start at or a bit above my 3RM, do 3 reps of that, then drop the weight by 5lbs, do 3 reps, drop the weight by 5lbs again and do 3 reps, and continue this until I'm at absolute babby weight - typically 95lbs. Trying to get through it as quick as possible.
I do this once a week and I think it has actually killed my gains, but it's fun. You could try something similar I guess.
Why would a classic technique like pyramid sets that Arnold himself spoke highly of kill your gains
arnold was juiced to the gills, what works for roidtrannies doesn't necessarily work for natties
True but working a muscle is still working a muscle
right but doing that can frick with your recovery, no natty would be able to make proper gains long term if they say followed the routines of these bodybuilders that would exercise 2x a day
Yeah but nobody mentioned doing two a days
I'm the anon who does those big dropsets, and I do two-a-days.
I'm basically going
3x155
3x150
3x145
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3x95
With practically no rest in between. I think it's pretty high volume.
I'm saying I suspect it does, because since starting doing them, I used to be able to do 140lbs for 10 reps and hit 165 for 2. Now I can only get 135 for 8 and 155 for 3 is pushing it.
Eat more protein, sleep more, you aren't doing your duty.
Dropsets are low volume and don’t push any growth by themselves. Good to do at the end of a workout before a deloading week but other than that circumstance, ll it does is give you a pump and raise heart a bit to burn some extra calories but not high enough for cardio.
How are drop sets low volume? That literally makes no sense. The whole concept of drop sets is you are doing extra volume
3x10 35lbs = 3x15x35
1050 total
Dropset assuming you max out at 12 reps every time
1x12 35lbs = 420
1x12 25lbs = 300
1x12 15lbs = 180
900 total
Dropsets are more time efficient but it doesn’t matter when you push your muscle to absolute fatigue and destroy your workload for the rest of the workout and if you do them too consistently the fatigue starts to carry into other workouts.
TL;DR. Absolute fatigue bad except in see
. Picking reasonable weight with a reasonable rep scheme is almost always superior.
I guess so but the point of a drop set is to the normal three sets of whatever THEN you after you are cooked you keep going with less weight. That's a lot of extra volume.
You don't just start dropping weight after set 1 from the start
> I guess so but the point of a drop set is to the normal three sets of whatever THEN you after you are cooked you keep going with less weight
That’s what I said in my original post.
> You don't just start dropping weight after set 1 from the start
That’s what
’s post essentially is and why I responded to
with why it isn’t beneficial to do a dropset as the main set. Original dude literally said it killed his gains.
So basically everything favors drops sets
yes
there are multiple studies used in this graphic
if you can't tell the results from the graphic, the actual studies aren't going to help you
>the actual studies aren't going to help you
cool
You should post the study instead because I have no context to precisely decipher what this graph conveys
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I want big muscles, that's all
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>Your muscles have no way of telling how much weight they are lifting, they aren't smart
they do though
Heavier weight = more force required
Not the muscle you're targeting though, you will recruit anything possible, including ligaments. Why not drop the weight a bit to really feel and blast the intended muscle?
I don't over complicate it. 5 sets per exercise. 8-12 reps. Simple as
You are setting a mental block when you are capable of more reps. Your body yearns for more pump, I can hear it call out
LOL. I'm basing things on hard science aka NCBI. Not "muh bro science!"
the "science" changes every month. It's written by nerds who want to get published. The bro's have known all along from intuition and real expierence
>the "science" changes every month
Not how it works
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Science is all I care about. That's all there is to it
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I found what works is having defined set/reps and then increasing the weight marginally if I successfully complete them all. Ex: 4 sets, 10/9/8/7 rep scheme. If I successfully complete all 4 go up by 2.5 or 5 lbs total on the exercise using micro plates. If not, continue to push through for additional reps at that weight until complete.
just lift lol
obviously I'm lifting. Lift up your attitude young man.
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