Going "High Reps" and you can't stop me!

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I don't like the idea of rep dogma.....I do high reps ~ No - I do low reps. Shut-the-front-door.....and do it all FFS (for fvcks sake)!

I mix it up every 2 to 4 weeks. In the 4 to 7 range, 8 to 12, and 15 to 20.

When you hear Mr. Olympia style super huge guys lifting 20+ reps do you think they spent their whole career doing that? Or, do you think over 20+ years they've been lifting they've pretty much done all rep range and combinations to gain their size. My votes on they do it all, they've done it all, and they'll keep switching it up.
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High reps, week 2, day 4, Back day:

My chest was achy this am, that's good! I worked chest Monday.
My legs were achy this am, that's good as well! I worked Legs yesterday, Tuesday.
Adjusted my weight a bit from last week to get closer to my 16-22 rep target range.
Loving the pumps from high reps, arms on swole and full of blood.

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Dem pumps! Veins way more juiced up it seems from the higher reps.

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Typo on the date above, it should read 10/22 where it reads 10/21.
 

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Dude totally.. High reps definitely get your veins popping..... aaaahhhh yeah
 

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A lot of interesting opinions here. I've been personally aiming for a 6x6 format except on legs and abs. I'm more of a fan of packing on heavier weight as a high-rep induced pump without good muscle tearing from prolonged heavy weight seems useless to me. Regardless, I seem to have a body that always gets a "pump" even just from heavy weights. People usually stare at me like I'm a freak.

Down the road I'd like to incorporate a high rep format, but still not sure what the use for it would be if I'm getting enough growth in from heavy sets.
 

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A lot of interesting opinions here. I've been personally aiming for a 6x6 format except on legs and abs. I'm more of a fan of packing on heavier weight as a high-rep induced pump without good muscle tearing from prolonged heavy weight seems useless to me. Regardless, I seem to have a body that always gets a "pump" even just from heavy weights. People usually stare at me like I'm a freak.

Down the road I'd like to incorporate a high rep format, but still not sure what the use for it would be if I'm getting enough growth in from heavy sets.


I dont know where you are at in your training brother, but the more weight you can rep the bigger your gonna get... At some point you are gonna want to incorporate all the rep ranges because fact is all your different fibers can grow. The more fibers you can get to fire the better...But at the beginning just worry about your basics, heavy weight, controlling it, feeling the reps in your muscle, squeezing... And just getting stronger and bigger for now....Which will work for a pretty long time, for growth.. By the time your ready for advanced lifting you will have mastered the fundamentals and not likely ever need a cookie cutter routine..
 

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High Reps, Week 2, Day 4, Shoulders/Triceps

Entire body is tight and a bit sore today.
Really liking the feeling from high reps.
The pumps today again were insane, to the point they were almost painful but in a good way.
Worked each set until well into the burn.

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High Reps, Week 2, Day 5, Cardio day!

Went to bed late last night.
Had a cheat day yesterday (ice cream at work, ton of popcorn at movies) so bloated today, thus the weight increase.
Felt strong at the end of the run, speed wasn't as good as last week though.

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High Reps, Week 2, Day 6, cardio day.

My diet hasn't been on point for the last 3 days.
Pace was slower this week vs last week for the same 5k (around my neighborhood). Maybe because I ran fasted?

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High reps, week 3, day 1, day off but cardio!

Diet has been crummy the last few days so I figured I would get a bit of extra cardio in today.
Pace was better today over yesterday, interesting.
Back to the lifts tomorrow!

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High reps, week 3, day 2, Chest/Biceps:

Noticed my arms were still slightly achy from last week still this am.
Water intake has been poor, working on tracking that better with MyFitnessPal.
I did a better job of hitting my target range, 16-22 for each set this week.
I think I'm going to unlink my heart rate monitor from MyFitnessPal so I stop eating back calories burned each day.

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High reps, week 3, day 3, Leg day:

I tried to catch up on sleep last night.
Happy with diet/calories.


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High reps, week 3, day 4, back day!

I don't even want to discuss just how much food I ate last night... It shows on the scale this am though. **** it.
Week 2 of TRT, sex drive is increasing, woot!

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High reps, week 3, day 5, Shoulders/Triceps:

Felt good today, even though I didn't get a full nights sleep.
Diet was on point yesterday, at my target cals and macros.
Water intake was good as well, aiming for 1 gallon of water per day.
Moved more weight this week (in total) across the board, and I hit within my target range, 16-22 for each set performed.

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I'm all about high reps. I usually stick with 315 for sets of 20 for squats. I have dropped to 225 for 40 reps and it killed. I get a lot more out of doing high reps than any other method of training. I train like CT Fletcher and it pays off. Just the other day my partner and I were doing chest and I hit 13 sets of 15 reps with 225. My chest was cramping up all night long. I love it! Good luck man!
 

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High Reps, Week 3, Day 6, cardio:

Pace was great today.
Felt really strong, plenty of endurance. (thanks TRT, which I'm in week 2 of)
Diet was on point today, dead on for calories.

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High Reps, Week 4, Day 1, Day Off:

No cardio or lifting today.
1st day off in 2 weeks.
Diet was very poor over the entire weekend (big caloric surplus)


High Reps, Week 4, Day 2, Chest/Biceps:

Back to clean eating today after 2 tough days.
Overall pushed more total weight this week over last week which is good.
Hit my rep targets for all sets except the assisted chest dips which is already on max assist.

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