Thread: High Reps vs. Heavy Weights: Which Is Better For Muscle Growth?

Originally Posted by Enigmatic707

Haha- okay here goes... Lift a fucking shit ton of weight often, and you'll grow!!!

been tellin people that for years! lol

Originally Posted by jdb3

been tellin people that for years! lol

The body really only does one thing well- survive. If you keep that in mind and realize that your body really does have a "mental attitude" towards things- and that is that it wants to live and it will adapt to make sure that takes place. And really there is no better precursor for adaptation that repeated exposure.

To elaborate of clarify my original post- the more hours/ minutes/ seconds of the day/ month/ years you have your muscles under "load" the more your body will identify the need to adapt. Obviously there has to be rest and recovery to facilitate the changes ie. hypertrophy, neuromuscular developments, ect... But essentially the more you lift and the heavier loads you put on your muscles for prolonged periods the more your muscles will grow.

An example of what I mean by "prolonged tension/ load"
It's obvious that power lifters are strong as shit, but the average length of time their muscles are under tension orcas is a fraction of that of a bb'er... This is why PL'ers tend to be smaller, the actual load as in the weight being lifted will increase strength by making the neuro muscular connection better.. But since there is only a short burst of load, which does not require a true element of muscular endurance it will not stimulate growth.

It simply has to do with the amount of time your muscles are under load with a given weight.

interesting read

Interesting. Gotta hit my high reps every now and aging though, get that
burn . Third week of every month light high reps with drop sets blast that
muscle!

Out of all the things i have lost I miss my big nuts the most

Originally Posted by beanlicker

“Everyone wants to be a bodybuilder, but no one wants to lift heavy-ass weights!”

Ronnie Coleman

........What a great quote!!!!

i love this quote

Here's an idea for incorporating higher reps into your normal routine.

Do one day a week or once every other week, in which you hit every body part during that one workout. Hit each body part with either 1 or 2 movements and do 5 sets of 20 for each.

I do a 5 day split and for each exercise I normally like to 2 working sets in the 5-8 range to build ands obtain strength followed by 3 working sets of 10-14. I'm going to try adding the above as a 6th day of volumizing.

Heavy weights it is!