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Comment by landl0rd

17 hours ago

Fifty is excessive but you’re better-served doing 12-20 reps more than fewer, heavier reps if you’re pushing hypertrophy and already well-trained.

This article claims that's false, that 8-12 at higher weight leads to the same result as 20+ at lower weights.

  • The research is studying young untrained men. Everyone puts on muscle at mach chicken when untrained.

That matches what I've been told by various personal trainers. 6-8 reps if focusing on strength, ~12 for all round, and 16-18 for size/endurance. Do three sets, weight should be enough that the last couple of reps on the first set are a bit of a struggle. Subsequent sets just push through as far as you can.

  • This is a common myth that came out of nowhere and has been debunked.

    1-5 reps for strength. 5-30 reps for hypertrophy.

  • Your trainers clearly never read Starting Strength.

    • these days your better of not reading that, probably. bunch of outdated and bad advice coming from that corner.

    • No idea, I certainly haven't. This was decades ago, though, so it's entirely possible that established best practice has changed.