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What’s better; high weight low rep or low weight high rep?

 

Depends what you’re trying to do. High weight low rep is for strength training, lower weight high rep is for muscle building...

 

And at the end of the day, you need both. Can never just solely focus on the one. There has to be some balance (in the force).

 

What’s necessarily the difference in strength vs muscle?

 

Not looking like you lift, but being strong.
Looking like you lift, and not being that strong.

 

I agree. A quality training program typically focuses on both.
High rep is great for gaining neuromuscular adaptations that help you handle higher weight.

 

I’ll reference my side by side from yesterday



Prepping for powerlifting meets I focused on strength. So I was doing singles, doubles, and triples close to my max and taking long rest between. For the last 3 months I’ve been doing a ton of reps, with minimal rest.

And like Supra said, you do need both. You need to build muscle to create strength. Most powerlifters will take an “offseason” and run a hypertrophy focused bodybuilding style block to build muscle and gain some size, and then work back in to their strength programming for competitions

 

Also, there is no way anyone could run strength peaking cycles year round. You’d start accumulating injuries pretty quick. The fatigue you accumulate training for absolute strength is insane.

Three more sessions left in this prep before I start the taper. Even in this very short prep, my body is feeling the fatigue.

 

Good convo. Just wanted to get y’all talking on this bright Tuesday

 

Just got the events list for my next comp in January. One event is a 350lb per hand farmers carry followed immediately by a 700lb deadlift for reps.... Gonna be a pretty heavy comp for not being a pro event

 

God damn is right.

 

350 each hand is crazy.

 

I have done 320 before but it ripped my hands to shreds. A heavy deadlift afterwards is going to suck.

Plus that's only the second of five events. So after trashing grip on that we'll have a 700lb frame carry for distance, then a truck pull, and then a carry medley of stones and mouser blocks

It'll be fun but its gonna hurt lol

 

For "maintenance" type workouts I typically stay in a 5-8 rep range for larger muscle groups in the compound movements and a 8-12 rep range for smaller muscle groups or isolations movements. Example: 6-8 in bench but 8 or usually higher if I was doing flyes or cable crossovers etc. If I'm trying to bump up my bench or squat or something I will occasionally throw in some double or triple rep sets with the real heavy weight to try to break through a plateau. And on the other side I'll go 12 to 15 reps on small muscle groups to get more definition or just to feel a real good pump and also to strengthen the tendons and small connecting muscles.

 

Yea over 45 now I don't give a shit about strength peak cycles. That's just injury city for us. So many ways to stimulate growth you just got to grind that shit out.

 

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Beavers have made a home in our pond. They have taken down one of my neighbors 8” diameter trees already.

AR-15 fine or do I need more specialized equipment?

 

Nice work. 1 year 5 month transformation. I have hopes to do something similar....however, I’m not too sure if I’ll be able to get as lean as you did or have clean pectoral lines like you do. If you have any secrets and/or tips...I’m all ears.

 

Conibear 330 trap will be the easiest by far. Find a well used slide going down to the water. Set it. Walk away.

But yea, if you have the patience to wait him out, any small caliber will do.

 

Lots of over head press

 

I’m going to do some today at the gym. Dumbbell or Barbell?