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General Fitness & Exercise
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number of reps

heck
heck
Posts: 1
Joined: 2001/07/07
United States
2001/07/07, 02:51 PM
y does the rainer guide have such a high number of reps all the time..i really want a good program with low reps can anyone help me?
tt_rocker
tt_rocker
Posts: 389
Joined: 2001/01/25
Saudi Arabia
2001/07/07, 03:04 PM
what program are you on?
4 the beg. program, the purpose of high reps is to use light weight and just get the form right...alternatively, the more advanced programs have low reps.
think of the first set as a warm-up ,by the way, so don't worry much about how many reps you ought to do with that set
mongrel2012
mongrel2012
Posts: 125
Joined: 2001/05/04
Australia
2001/07/08, 07:32 AM
if you're not a beginner, and if you're training for strength/PL then check out www.deepsquatter.com ... there you will find some good low rep routines
Spedward
Spedward
Posts: 101
Joined: 2001/04/16
United States
2001/07/10, 09:40 PM
By the way. higher reps help you reach hypertrophy. they newer you arr to training, the higher the reps must be to reach hpertrophy. the more advanced you get, the less reps are needed to reach hyperthophy........
esco
esco
Posts: 84
Joined: 2001/01/08
United States
2001/07/11, 08:51 AM
Theres no such thing as a good set of reps. What you should do is called high pointing. Start with a weight you can do 12 times, then wait a minute, do one you can do 10 times, then wait a minute, then do one you can do 8 times, wait a minute then do a weight you can do 6 times, then wait a minute, then do a set of 12 reps with the weight you did with 8 lbs, then do 12 reps right after that of a different excersice for that muscle. So the first set of 12 would be like the warm up, then the 10, then 8, and the 6 would be something where you can barely get it up on the 6th rep. So lets say you were doing your chest, you would do that highpoint but for the last set of 12 you would do like flyes instead, and the rest would be benching or whatever. And if you want to get really big, start with 8 and do that high point thing. I hope that helped. Train hard!