About to start PPL and I was thinking : 3x5 on compounds or 3x8-12?

Just do a mix of rep ranges, you raging autist

>>42482081
1x5 followed by 2x10

2x8 warmup sets then 3x8 at working weight

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>>42482139
TIGHT

Doing higher reps per set is what cause me to explode in size rapidly. I was alwaya fairly big doing obkt 5x5 but switching to 4x8 for compounds saw huge gains in strength and size over a month or two. Give whatever works for you a shot.

I do legs for 3 sets of 5 to 8 reps.

For upper body I do compound lifts for 4 to 6 sets of 6 to 12 reps. For isolation I do 3 to 5 sets of 8 to 15 reps.

I try to stagger the volume, so that if it's a higher number of sets for compound lifts that day, I'm doing the lower end of the set & rep range for the isolations, and vice versa.

If you're still within your first year, I would try to keep the compounds closer to 6-8 reps and make increases on the amount of weight, otherwise you might not progress as fast as you could and end up spinning your wheels.

>>42482496
Legit post. Close up the thread.