Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, 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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reps/sets and most progress?

djfyt
djfyt
Posts: 12
Joined: 2002/06/22
United States
2002/07/08, 10:36 PM
hi people. just out of curiosity. would it make a difference if i did four sets of 25 or 5 sets of 20 (both lifting the same weight)? would the rate of progression be faster over the other? i mean either way, you're doing a total of 100 reps. just wondering if HOW OFTEN you do it would make a difference. thanks...
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/07/09, 01:36 AM
Doing that many reps can be good once in a while to shock the muscles and keep making progress.

Otherwise keep the range to 8-12 reps (that depends on your goals!!!)

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