Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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scp21
scp21
Posts: 72
Joined: 2005/01/08
United States
2005/03/20, 12:04 PM
I am confused about the weight and # of reps to do. I have been training for about 3 months now and am 5'2 115 now. I have gained good muscle doing 3 sets of 10 at the heaviest I could lift. After I go to 3 sets of 12 I up my weight and begin at 10 again. I am not big now but have recently heard that this was the way to get bigger. I don't want to get bigger but want to keep/gain strength. Is this a good way to build lean muscle mass or is higher reps/lower weight better? Also if so what is optimal? Thanks in advance.
2005/03/21, 04:37 AM
you're a female...you naturally don't have the testosterone production of a male....so you're very very unlikely to become very muscular....so feel free to train as heavy as you feel comfortable...training in the 6-12 reps...is effective...try to do a pyramid or reverse pyramid......6,8,10,12 or 12,10,8,6...or do straight sets of 8,8,8,8 for example......
scp21
scp21
Posts: 72
Joined: 2005/01/08
United States
2005/03/21, 07:53 AM
I know I don't have the testerone to get big but I have seen a lot of girls (even friends) get bigger and more muscular than I want to be, I guess I was just wondering if my size would increase more w/ those kind of reps.