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Simon
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Is it more effective to do longer sets of smaller weights or shorter sets with heavier weights?

What is the differnce between doing either?
Jason Iles
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If you doo lots of weights and less reps you will be building muscle.

Less weight and more reps is for toning
Skilly
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do 1 rep max to build muscle
Super_si
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you lot know fuck all.

You cant even reply possitivly to your question. No goals or even what your training for!!

Body builder, tone or strength.

Si
Jason Iles
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SetH
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Si you powerlifting monster machine.
combatprojex
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quote:
Originally posted by Skilly
do 1 rep max to build muscle


1 rep???

that aint exactly much is it??
Trotty
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quote:
Originally posted by Skilly
do 1 rep max to build muscle


What are you lifting, a car!
Daimo B
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I've always run on

Less weight, more reps, builds strength
More weight, less reps, toning and looking good.
SetH
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Or you could use more weight less reps to build muscle, and use your diet and CV for the looking good part.
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If ya wanna build muscle, Big weights...... do a few reps then rest, then do lots of reps on a really light weight. then back to the heavy weights and do the process again. but make sure you hhave high protine in your diet.
The process is called Ripping, the largger weights build the muscle up and the smaller weights allow the blood to return to the muscle.

^^ ignore the last sentance, complete bollokx

[Edited on 23-01-2004 by mistdotcom]
SetH
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quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
If ya wanna build muscle, Big weights...... do a few reps then rest, then do lots of reps on a really light weight. then back to the heavy weights and do the process again. but make sure you hhave high protine in your diet.
The process is called Ripping, the largger weights build the muscle up and the smaller weights allow the blood to return to the muscle.


So when you lift big weights the blood goes away from the muscle does it? wait till Si sees this.
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my explanation isnt the best not in the slightest, what i mean to say is that it moves the muscle and allows the blood to be pumped through more freely, It makes sence in my head........ leave me alone!
Mistamist
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dat still doesnt make sense.......aaaaah forget it!
SetH
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SetH
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Ive trained using pyramid systems, for example ive done a warm up set then 3 heavy sets then a light set to finish, and the light set is by far the hardest.
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Still not one decent answer there.

Not one person mention diet amateurs.

monster oh yeah baby 1st comp coming up in 6 months
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i did........somewhere
Super_si
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quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
the largger weights build the muscle up and the smaller weights allow the blood to return to the muscle.

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So when you lift big weights the blood goes away from the muscle does it? wait till Si sees this.


Spotted
Hypertrothy is achieved by doing 20 rep squats etc gets the blood pumping to the muscle affected expanding them int he process. Also helps deep breathing under heavy weights, but thats nothing to do with getting ripped . Rips the sheding of bodyfat to leave all the muscle strads

 
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