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2005/01/06, 05:31 PM
Hi everyone,
I've been working out for around a year now and did the typical 3 exercises per part- 3 sets of 12-15 reps. I noticed results in my legs and back, but never got results in the arm area. I've started doing about 9 or 10 exercises 2 sets of 10-12. I noticed that I'm much more sore and even have definition in my arms! Is this an ok thing to do? I think maybe my body got used to a routine and I've shocked it.
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2005/01/06, 06:35 PM
12-15 range is too high for muscle mass, I'd say it be better to slip down to 8-12 or 8-10 on the reps, and about 9 sets overall a body part.
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2005/01/06, 06:50 PM
The key is changing things up and seeing what works for you. For a while, more sets will work. While some bodyparts respond to a higher volume of work, others respond to less work and more rest. This is a key point, with the volume of work you were doing for your arms, you may well have gained at it also had you had adequate rest times. The arms are used so heavily in so many exercises, high volume can easily lead to overtraining.
The best training scheme you can use is varying things up. Find what works best for you, it matters not how much volume you use, but what your recovery threshold is. We all vary here.
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