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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high sets on a mass program?

steve010
steve010
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Joined: 2005/04/09
United States
2005/05/16, 08:39 PM
i want to gain mass, lots if i can , but my exersise chart says 20 reps, then 16 --and so on , why?, i thought lower sets with more weight was the way to gain mass
bigandrew
bigandrew
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Joined: 2002/10/21
United States
2005/05/16, 08:41 PM
prolly more for warm ups........12-6 is ussually "bodybuilding" range rep wise

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DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2005/05/16, 08:49 PM
or maybe it's because your in the beginner section and your on your first week and the workout focuses more on form than weight and then maybe it'll lower the reps and add more weight.

DX