How to judge whether an exercise is high volume/low rep or low

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Essentially compound vs isolation. Lots or muscles for movement, typically lower reps for strength. Few or single muscle for movement higher reps

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>>40176659
Thanks. So the higher reps are just a way to make up for the lighter resistance.

>>40176673
As I understand it yep. Not 100% on the reasoning behind why it's heavy for compounds but not for isolation desu. Injury prevention maybe?

It is not difficult on your central nervous system to do 20 bicep curls. Doing 20 deadlifts on the other hand.

>>40176603
Range of motion and the amount of weight you are doing play a part

Deadlifts long range of motion larger and amounts of weight can be handled

Etc

>>40176603
>do you want to get stronger
>low reps
>do you want to grow the muscle
>high reps

>>40177203
this its all about volume

mad faggots who dont like like shit will disagree

>>40176603

> Is it very taxing on the CNS, will you be burnt out after a set of 10 and have to wait 3+mins to do another set?
5x5
> Is it trival on the CNS, can you do a set of 10 and be ready for another set in <2mins?
4x10

This is not to imply you can't do high volume squat/bench/deadlift etc. I like to do 5x5 press, squat, bench, weighted chins then do 4x10 for rows, db bench, close grip bench, chest supported DB rows. I also do 3x15 for curls/flies because I think high volume is better for aesthetics exercises - also serves as a good finisher for when your arms/chest are burning.

>>40176603
1. i don't think you understand what volume means
2. OHP and compounds in general can be done in many different set x rep schemes, if you want hypertrophy you want greater training density and higher volume in a lower intensity range so you would do something like 5x6-8, if you want volume in a higher intensity range (more specific to 1rm strength) you could to 5x5, 3x5, or 10x3, or 5x2, or whatever

isolations are generally done with higher reps for a few reasons
1. form tends to break down working in low rep ranges with isolations - try doing rear delt raises 5x5, and you'll find your rear delts aren't doing much work
2. the goal on isolations is almost always hypertrophy with an added bonus of strength, so you do higher reps and aim for greater training density in a lighter intensity range
3. do you really want to 5x5 barbell curls, or do you want to get a nice pump?

>>40177223
yeah this is true, but much more volume can be tolerated in lower intensity ranges

i.e number of hard sets most people can do at 70% is much higher than number of hard sets they can do at 85%

some empirical evidence that training density and metabolite accumulation matters in hypertrophy too

Olympic Lifts: 1-3 reps
Main Barbell: 3-5 reps
Assistance Barbell: 6-8 reps
Dumbbells, Cables and Machines: 8-12 reps
For Calves do 15-20 reps