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Question: I have a question about reps and how much weight is being lifted. What difference does it make (result-wise) whether I do sets of 6 reps with 150 lbs, or 8 reps with 100 lbs?
Assuming the goal here is to build muscle, what matters most in this context is how challenging these sets are for you.
Specifically, how close you’re getting to failure.
If you’re getting equally close to failure in both examples, there probably isn’t going to be much difference at all in terms of results.
Because then we’re just talking about 6 reps vs 8 reps, and with all else being equal, that’s a fairly minor detail.
On the other hand, if the set of 6 reps with 150 lbs was more challenging for you (i.e. you would have failed on rep 7 or 8), and the set of 8 reps with 100 lbs was less challenging for you (i.e. you could have probably done 12-15 reps before reaching failure), then the first scenario would produce better results in the end.
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Assuming the goal here is to build muscle, what matters most in this context is how challenging these sets are for you.
Specifically, how close you’re getting to failure.
If you’re getting equally close to failure in both examples, there probably isn’t going to be much difference at all in terms of results.
Because then we’re just talking about 6 reps vs 8 reps, and with all else being equal, that’s a fairly minor detail.
On the other hand, if the set of 6 reps with 150 lbs was more challenging for you (i.e. you would have failed on rep 7 or 8), and the set of 8 reps with 100 lbs was less challenging for you (i.e. you could have probably done 12-15 reps before reaching failure), then the first scenario would produce better results in the end.
UNCLE Z REP
WWW.UNCLEZ.RU FOR LIST/ORDERING