Group: Experienced Exercise

Experienced Exercise
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Sweeny
Sweeny
Posts: 120
Joined: 2001/07/26
United States
2001/07/09, 11:49 PM

On certain weight lifting programs they have reps for an excersise like 4 x 10 or 4 x 8. Sets with multiple of the same amount of reps. When doing these should you pyramid or just go until failure at whatever weight that happens to be on that set?
erin4ever1990
erin4ever1990
Posts: 266
Joined: 2001/06/25
United States
2001/07/09, 11:52 PM
I do pyramid and muscle failure. I set the weight of my last set knowing thatit will be a struggle for me.
Sweeny
Sweeny
Posts: 120
Joined: 2001/07/26
United States
2001/07/10, 12:00 AM
To add to what I said. My goal is to bring each set so that I cannot do one more "good" rep than my goal of say 8 in a 4 x 8 set.
illus1on
illus1on
Posts: 22
Joined: 2001/01/31
Malaysia
2001/07/12, 03:27 AM
sweeny, it all depends on what is your motive. if you are trying to built a muscle mass and bulkiness, then the 4X8 will be very good enough. if let say you want to achieve a lean muscle mass and tone it down, then you will have to do more than that. one thing you must remember is that the weight you use must be exactly the amount that reaches its optimum level at the final rep.