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Ok, what is it??????????

Muso Posts: 30 Joined: 2003/10/29	2004/01/30, 08:10 AM Does more weight less reps gain muscle or strength? or is is moderate weight with a certain amount of reps for gaining muscle?? its all confusing
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/01/30, 11:51 AM everyone is different, i fyou want a body builder physique then work out like one, most prefere more reps than weight, or moderate weight moderate reps......powerlifters.......do reps closer to their " max" lift to get power so they can surpass that.............but stimili works differnt for certain people -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR!!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/30, 01:08 PM strength will be gained first off. Size will also be gained, as these fibers have the most potential for growth, but if you constantly do just this type of workout, you are neglecting half your body, and big potential for growth. This is where a workout scheme like Max Ot fails...they insist on one and only one way, heavy reps, 4-6 rep range. If the muscles were all the same, then this would work. But, there may be 100,000 muscle fibers within a muscle, and most many more. If you only do heavy short reps, you neglect a large potential for growth by not hitting the slow twitch fibers, which will never come into play with low rep schemes. For instance, take the abs, they are almost divided equally between fast and slow twitch fibers, so a low rep scheme combined with high reps will hit the most fibers. ============ Quoting from muso: Does more weight less reps gain muscle or strength? or is is moderate weight with a certain amount of reps for gaining muscle?? its all confusing ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
Leilita808 Posts: 154 Joined: 2004/01/07	2004/01/30, 02:46 PM holy crap batman...all I want to do is get a lil more buff. I had no idea it was so involved.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/30, 08:06 PM Leilita808...sorry if I led you to the wrong conclusion. It really isn't so involved if you are just the casual lifter, or someone who just wants to get in good enough shape to take off their shirt at the beach and feel a bit buff. In that case I would suggest heaviest weight you can for 5-8 reps, with sprinkles of sets of 9-12 also. But, if you want to take it to another level, like bodybuilding, then indeed it does become much more involved. But in your case, you needn't worry about that. Sorry about the confusion. ============ Quoting from Leilita808: holy crap batman...all I want to do is get a lil more buff. I had no idea it was so involved. ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
	2004/01/30, 08:29 PM LOL Leitita. One could never underestimate the muscle on BB1. The unfair thing is ... the brain is even stronger!! Been there, done that, bought the T shirt.LOL Keep asking though, he is patient. -------------- Its like herding cats. Charlie
Leilita808 Posts: 154 Joined: 2004/01/07	2004/01/31, 09:21 AM =0) hehe thanks for the encouragement guys