Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54578

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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MASS AND STRENGTH

theaznguy1187
theaznguy1187
Posts: 51
Joined: 2001/06/24
United States
2001/07/01, 06:26 PM
I read an article that said high reps give u mass over strength and low reps give u strength over mass, so i was wondering could i do a 6 weeks high reps to tone then low reps to strengthen them and would that work if i did?
Arnold
Arnold
Posts: 1,112
Joined: 2000/11/27
Canada
2001/07/01, 08:03 PM
hey theaznguy1187,

I have never heard of this theory. Is there evidence? High reps in MOST cases do not result in mass or strenght. However, low to mid range reps with heavy to med weights does.

For your situation, I would do a combination of both. Begin the workout for each bodypart with a basic - low to med rep exercise then near the end finish with a high rep exercise.

eg. CHEST

Inclined Bench Press 4x10x8x6
Flat Dumbel Press 4x12x10x8
Cable Flyes 3x20x18x16

Good Luck

.o0 Arnold 0o.
mongrel2012
mongrel2012
Posts: 125
Joined: 2001/05/04
Australia
2001/07/02, 03:50 AM
I actually thought it was the other way around. Say if you wanted to improve your benchpress, then you use low reps. One day you would use a high number of sets with a low number of explosive reps at about 60% 1RM, whereas on the other day you would do heavy singles to improve your maximal strength with a number of exercises emulating parts of the benchpress.
darkhan
darkhan
Posts: 45
Joined: 2001/07/07
Canada
2001/07/15, 08:39 AM
my understanding was the more reps will help to burn fat and increase tone, But strength and mass comes with higher weight & less reps.