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I know they're isn't a concrete scientific consensus on rep schemes and hypertrophy other than "volume is good for muscle growth," but I want your advice anyway. I want to take a break from my heavy 5x5 and do a couple months of lighter weight/ high reps for hypertrophy, but I don't want my total volume to plummet from the deload. My question is: is there any reason why 3x8 would be better than 5x10? I want to do 5x10 because 3x8 would be one less total rep and much less weight (=less volume) compared to 5x5, but I don't know whether 5x10 would be "too much." Natty lifter.
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Do 20-10-10-15
Shoulders superset frontal and back/lateral and traps
Arms superset biceps and triceps
Chest superset inclined and declined
Back superset lats and back
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>>39556961
There is no such thing as "too much volume". Start out with 3x8 on your compounds and 3x10 on your assistance and then ramp it up to 5x8 and 5x10 when you get more comfortable with the workload. The biggest problem with 5x5 routines is that they don't condition you to handle more work which will drive your gains.
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>>39557021
That's what was making me wonder. If 3x8 uses lighter weight and one fewer rep than 5x5, how is 3x8 more work? That makes no sense to me.
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>>39556961
6 reps kills the gainz
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>>39557115
It isn't, however, you still have assistance movements to add the extra volume. If you are able to do it, start with 5x8 and 5x10 which is move work than a 5x5.
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>>39556961
>LIU
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Do you warm up when lifting light or nah?
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