http://www.strengtheory.com/the-new-approach-to-training-volume/
So, since what matters for hypertrophy is number of working sets, rather than reps or volume per se, how many working sets do you do each workout?
I'd love to hear from people that do full body, PPL, upper lower, splits, whatever. I'm restructuring my routine away from 5x5 and wondering whether to base it on working sets and how many.
>>40628286
total volume is what matters, but doing higher rep sets is still more efficient for hypertrophy
http://www.strongerbyscience.com/powerlifters-should-train-more-like-bodybuilders/
you can get the same hypertrophy from a relatively easy 3x10 as you can from a debilitating 7x3
right now i'm actually doing greg's programming for bench (int high 3x a week from 28 free programs) and it's a decent amount of volume, monday was 7 sets of bench and 3 sets of close grip bench for example
>>40628286
I use myoreps
>>40628286
>>40628309
I have the opposite experience. Switched from standard TM to doing 10 sets of 3 reps on volume day with >60s rest. gains have skyrocketed
>>40628335
10x3 with less rest = higher training density = better for hypertrophy
>>40628309
Article in OP claims the opposite. It says when you survey the studies and control for total volume, the groups that performed working sets achieved greater hypertrophy than the groups performing fewer working sets. Volume didn't correlate; effort did.
>>40628393
Isn't what you're looking for anyway for gains ? Time under tension and bigger loads ?
t. dyel
>>40628419
Just read the article.
>>40628393
except the article I posted is by the same guy, Greg Nuckols
>>40628393
also, those two articles are not actually contradictory
volume is the biggest determinant of hypertrophy
you can survive more volume at lower % of your 1rm, which correspond to higher rep ranges
>>40628529
Fine, but then what is an optimal number of working sets per day? I'm doing 25 sets per workout at present and my understanding is that's at the upper limit for a natty lifter. Are people seeing hypertrophy gains at fewer sets per day? I'm curious whether I should be "working less" or not.
>>40628309
Same hypertrophy but 7x3 will give you MUCH greater strength gains to go with it.
>>40628566
and if you read the article, that is explained by the fact that 7x3 is much more specific to a 1rm effort
if the 3x10 group had done a short peaking cycle with heavier weight afterwards, the discrepancy would be tiny if not disappear entirely
doing high reps in the off season into heavy reps before a meet is nothing new in powerlifting, look up phase potentiation
>>40628558
https://hoffday.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/mike-israetels-rp-bodybuilding-posts-credit-to-the-fb-rp-group/
start at the low end for each muscle group and work your way up over time, control+f "MRV" (maximum recoverable volume)
>>40628321
How is that working out for you?
>>40628566
And much more fatigue and joint wear-and-tare. If you read the study, you'd know that the guys doing 7x3 suffered injuries and their training could only be those heavy tripples while the 3x10 group could do even more volume for less fatigue.
As >>40628582 said there is a time and place for everything. You can't grind indefinetelly. With that said, you can get hypertrophy by doing any rep range you just have to do the work required.
I would say doing 3x10 is better for practicing form than 7x3.
I think it is grerat when you can do proper form even when out of breath.
yes
>>40628582
>medial delt
My autism says I can't trust this guy.
>>40629502
This is Mike Israetel. I think he knows a thing or two about getting bigger and stronger.
Also the blogpost confirms what I have been having a hunch about - the OHP is useless for bodybuilding purposes provided you are doing high-volume benching and all kinds of other horizontal pushing movements and dips. If you want good shoulders - snatch high pull for the overload and upright row for the volume, finished with side and front lateral raises.
>>40628286
don't overthink it dude.
according to people like alan aragon, lyle mcdonald, eric helms etc. best rep/ set range for nattys is 3-6 sets with 4-8 reps. what number you choose is up to you and also depends on the muscle/ muscle group. Deadlift should be done heavy low rep for example, calves need higher reps etc.