Questions tagged [reps]
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"Before failure" sets - a good idea?
I learnt that sets till failure have different drawbacks like increased risk of injury, overtraining, fatigue and potentially less muscle growth in the long term (here and here, for example).
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How fast can you expect to increase your rep numbers in comparison to increasing strength or size?
I have been doing some basic calisthenics for about a year now. Mainly just doing push ups, inverted rows, squats (I mix the squats with lunges sometimes) 3 times per week for 3 sets each, every set ...
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Is it common for much longer sets to be done using Dumbbells than would be done with barbells?
I feel like I often see much longer sets in the sense of each set having many more reps done on the dumbbell area of the gym while I’ve often heard people recommend sets of a few as 3 reps each on the ...
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How to convert repetition number to hold-time?
I do bodyweight circuit training where isotonic and isometric exercises are mixed. So I want to know how to convert repetition number for dynamic exercises to hold-time for static ones.
For example, I ...
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What is the optimal length and amount of sessions per week for optimal muscle gain?
For maximum muscle gain, one is recommended to do 3-5 sets 8-12 reps, the less reps the more strength training it becomes.
Now in regard to the number of sessions per week and the length of sessions I ...
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Confusion about reps vs time under tension: aren't these two things contradictory?
So I was reading about hypertrophy, and heard that the optimal "time under tension" is about 45-60 seconds.
Elsewhere, I read that the optimal rep range for hypertrophy is 8-12 sets.
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Is there some sort of measurement for static hold exercises like the one-rep max measurement we have for isotonic exercises?
Is there a way to compare your static hold and one rep-max record? Is there a way to find out what your one-rep max is from your static hold record/measurement and vice versa?
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Formula for Rep max?
I can find 1 rep max using Brzycki but I'm not able to find other values greater than 10 rep max. How can I find more than 10 rep max values; are there any formulas?
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Reps vs timed sets
I have researched how you should measure time under tension when exercising instead of counting reps. However, I do not always have a timer with me and I was wondering if it would still be effective ...
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Unable to maintain weights and increase in reps from work out session to session, why?
I train everyday except wednesday and sunday (I only do abs).
Monday: legs
Tuesday: chest & calves & lateral delts
Thursday: back &
calves & back delts
Friday: delts & trapezes
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How to increase pull up repetitions
I'm doing pull ups from a bar, but I'm only able to get about 3 repetitions. After 3 times my biceps can't lift my head up the bar. I am doing ab exercises as well, but that hasn't increased my rep ...
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Fixing Range of Motion Weaknesses
This answer (regarding if partial reps are actually effective when the muscle just can't use full range of motion) suggests to use partial reps to target the weaker muscles and "catch them up". The ...
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Should weight be reduced in succession with sets to achieve a targeted repetition count?
Is it best to aim for a set number of repetitions and fall short of the goal, or is it better to reduce weight to allow yourself to maintain achievement of that target rep count for each subsequent ...
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How are people doing "to-failure" sets of the same repetition count multiple times per session without failing to hit their count on subsequent sets?
I am struggling to understand how people pre-determine their desired rep counts for each set of a training session.
For example, in another recent question, I saw this schedule posted, and it is a ...
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Bench 225 in two months?
My current bench press 1-RM is close to 170 lbs. Is it possible to bring my 1-RM to around 225 lbs in just six weeks (without pills, steroids, etc.)? If not, how much could I increase my max by at ...
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How many reps is too many?
I understand that, for endurance, one ought to do, at most, about 24 reps per set. Is more than that too much for any exercise, in that it makes the exercise ineffective or dangerous? Is doing, for ...
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How to correlate reps into training program when doing isometric exercises?
I'm doing max weighted dead hangs. To improve grip/finger strength for climbing. I'm doing a lot of research on how to create training programs to increase max strength but everything I've seen so far ...
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Effective way to increase number of push up reps per set?
If I do push ups using four sets like this: 40, 30, 20, 10 (100 in total), with 3 min intervals between sets...
Which of the following (A or B) would be more effective to do the next workout day (...
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Rep Range Cycling Daily, Weekly, or more
After reading several sources about rep range recommendations, I know that:
Low reps of heavy weight build strength
Moderate reps of less heavy weight builds muscle
High reps of low weight builds ...
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How to do more reps in one arm pull ups
I am trying to increase the number of reps in one arm pull ups, but for a few months now I am stuck at 3 reps and cannot progress.
I have tried adding weight and even going a step back for a while by ...
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Train Calfs and Abs weight- or repetition-based?
I'm doing one-legged standing calf raises and crunches in my workout routine. A lot of people talk about training these two muscle groups (calfs and abs) specifically based on repetition, therefor ...
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Bodyweight Workouts Sets & Reps and Intensity & Volume - Difference in completing in Single session instead of spread over Multiple?
Lets say, I want to do 100 pushups daily in one go, or improve my overall ability to do Pull ups.
I am not strong enough now to do that now.
If I do 100 pushups, spreading over the whole day, will ...
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Do high reps build strength?
It is believed that high repetitions (more than 12) build muscle endurance and not strength, but to me this doesn't sound right, here's why, let's suppose for example that i can curl 20 pounds for 5 ...
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Question about rep ranges and muscle fiber activation.
The usual claim is that high reps build slow twitch muscle fibers and low reps build fast ones. However I feel this is not quite right, I believe that to build slow twitch muscle fibers one has to ...
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How can I convert from one rep range to another?
There are formulas that take how much you can lift at however many reps and convert to a 1 rep max. Are there similar formulas that take the same parameters and calculate how much you can lift at any ...
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Depreciating repetition after each set
I am doing jump lunges as one of my exercise(. I read online that you should be able to do 8-12 reps in 4-5 sets with 45-60 sec rest in between. In the first set I was able to complete 12 jump lunges(...
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How does rep duration affect muscle growth? [duplicate]
The answer to this question has proven harder to find than I first thought it would be, so I decided to ask it here.
My question is, what is the optimal rep duration in a resistance training regime ...
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Pushups: Low quality vs high quality? (sloppy vs controlled)
To keep up with some basic exercise, I've been regularly doing a fixed number of pushups (increasing a little over time).
The quality of my form is admittedly quite sloppy, I'd not say they are "...
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Optimum rep duration for muscle/size gains [closed]
I've searched high and low for this, but all I could find was articles on the best number of reps and sets (rep and set range etc.)
But how long should one rep be for maximum hypertrophy, given, say, ...
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possible paths to increase bench press from 140kg (308 lbs) to 160 kg (352) - for 1o reps
I really liked this question below and its answer.
Improving my Bench Press - what muscles are used during what phase?
I am looking for to increase my bench press from 200 kg to 220 kg.
one way I ...
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Workout to the failure is enough to get stronger. What is the need to have sets?
As far as I understand, push the muscle to the failure state in 5 to 15 reps will help me increase muscle growth production. If I need to do more than 15 reps to get failure, I simply build endurance, ...
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Can I reach a target strength using high reps of lower weights?
I think the answer is "No." So here goes:
I want to lift 60 pounds smoothly about 45 times in an hour (to assist with archery target practice with 60 pound bow).
Right now I can only lift 60 ...
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Stick with progressing rep ranges or switch to small weight increments?
I'd like to keep this question general, but it's rather situational so excuse the extra fluff.
At the end of February I finished 6 months of doing Johnny Candito's linear program, control variant. ...
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How long to wait between reps?
How long can I wait between reps before I can't count the rep?
This isn't specific to deadlifts, but when I've watched lifters deadlift, they start the next rep immediately after. When I deadlift, ...
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More sets with smaller weight vs. more reps with higher weight
I have read the old saying that one should focus on more weight and fewer reps for muscle gain and vice versa for endurance gain. I have also read about most exercises that a set should be between 8 ...
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Deadlift: Does it count as a set if you stand up after each repetition?
Does it count as a set if you stand up after each repetition during deadlifts (to take a deeper breath and brace more properly) which also includes resetting your grip?
Background: I am training for ...
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Why do abdominal exercises have so many reps when hypertrophy exercises are limited to 12 at most?
Whenever we want to build general muscle, we do at least 6 reps and at most 12 reps on like 3 sets, then why does abs workouts tends to be conducted to fatigue? (I mean 20 to 50 reps on 5 sets)
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Difference on reps?
Ok, so I'm 14 that means I can't lift a lot, and I have reached the maximum weight my parents let me lift (17kg), and I understand that for growing muscle, you need to stress the muscle breaking the ...
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What is the physiological mechanism of 'gaining stamina' for a particular exercise
A recent question centered on the fact that higher and higher rep counts for an exercise (e.g. pushups) stop building strength, but 'build stamina.' Do they in fact build any sort of muscle-specific ...
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108 Surya Namaskar - What are they counting
I'm not sure if I should post here, or on Hinduism forum, as it is Yoga and Power workout.
I have been doing Surya Namaskar in the morning. I am comfortable at 30 rounds.
But according to tradition,...
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Max reps, boredom and carpet-burn
Is there any consensus on the maximum number of reps you should perform, before rotating?
Curious as I find I get bored, or start to get say carpet burn (sit-ups), if the number exceeds a hundred. ...
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How to hit prescribed reps in last sets?
For gaining muscle, you usually have to do between 8-15 reps with multiple sets.
My problem is, for example, if I do close grip chin ups in my first set cleanly and without cheating 8 reps, and, as I ...
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Workout effectiveness
It's my 3rd week going to gym. I'm 24 y.o. 87kg, 172cm male. Previously I only did some pull-up and dips. It's 3 times a week
1st day - chest, shoulders, biceps
2nd day - back, triceps
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Is doing the whole rep range from 3 to 15 reps before adding weight a waste of time?
I start every exercise with 3 sets of 3 reps, then I add between 1 and 3 reps each workout, so that it takes me very long to achieve 3 sets of 15 reps. Then I increase the load and start again with 3 ...
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Should I aim to do an equal number of reps across my sets?
I do pull-ups.
I aim to do X pullups, and I try to do as many pullups as I can during sets, in an attempt to increase the number of pullups I can do in a single set.
To reach X pull ups, I might end ...
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Fatigue after a certain amount of reps, no matter what the weight is!
I have noticed that I fatigue and develop a swollen or "tight" feeling in my muscles from doing too many reps. The amount of reps defined as "too many" is any over about 5.
I notice that even if I'm ...
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One rep max formula - why do I get tired during warm-up
I'm doing a reverse on the one rep max formula. That is, if my one rep max in a certain exercise is 30 kg, then following the 1RM = m(30 + r)/30 formula, you get r = 30(RM - m)/m .
But this would ...
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How to keep a specific rhythm during sets?
I would like to keep a consistent rhythm during sets and reps (Like 4 seconds down, hold 1s, 4 s up, pause 1s).
Any tips for how to do this? What would ideal cues look/sound like?
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Why not just increase the number of sets?
Suppose that you want to gain muscle mass by using a pair of dumbbells which are NOT so challenging for you anymore.
You could probably increase the resistance with heavier weights, but you train at ...
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What are you views on progress between rep range vs. fixed reps?
Assuming the goal is to progress in size and strength using weight training, what are you thoughts on a routine that either:
1) Uses a rep range of 5-8 (for example), where you start workout day 1 ...
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