Group: 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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how many reps to increase muscle

roymoka
roymoka
Posts: 3
Joined: 2006/01/08
New Zealand
2006/01/08, 06:07 PM
I have just joined and my goal is to add extra muscle, I am of a muscular build already but keen to take it to the next level. the programme that FT gave me has me doing for example 20,12,10,8. i was under the impression to build muscle heavy wieght low reps?, please help.
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2006/01/08, 08:40 PM
The first set is obviously a warmup set. The other 3 is a pyramid up in weight.

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