Do you feel a Pump Is Required For Maximum Muscular Growth?

Yes +1

I don't know how you can lift a weight and not get a pump

Yeah you can or at least it is so minor you can't feel it. I don't get pumps with low rep ranges, usually under 4 or 5.

When I lift, the pump is unavoidable

I train about 2 sets / 2 exercises per muscle. my pump is huge.
doesn't mean im gaining more muscle but experience has told me low rep ranges do not work for me in terms of building more muscle.
so perhaps the pump contributes somewhat

It's a general guide that lower rep ranges don't build muscle for most, so you're not alone. Anywhere from 5-10 reps for max hypertrophy IMO.

But I find I get the biggest pump off big sets when the muscle is really fatigued. Either low weight and lots of reps or drop sets. They're always the last set I do but seems to put more blood in to the muscle group than the 'working' sets

Never ever chased the pump and still manage to grow.

Shrek said:

Do you feel a Pump Is Required For Maximum Muscular Growth?

I'm not talking about strength gains, purely hypertrophy.

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A "pump" or the degree of it is unavoidable when lifting weight.

Hypertrophy and strength are not mutually exclusive, a muscle increases in dimension which then allows for an increase in strength for a seasoned lifter.

rep ranges are only just a factor and should vary, it's the act of proggresive resistance (adding kg's to the exercise) over weeks, years of lifting, with enough sleep inbetween (rest) that stimulates strength which is an element of hypertrophy.

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Now for a non scientific answer

Godageddepump, Bro!!!

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it's like cumming all the time!!!

it fantasik

Lol. ..

trust me Bro, you will looooove it.

I don't think it matters. You can get bigger and/or stronger training with or without a pump.

What I found interesting is that, when I trained legs in 20 minute sessions during winter of 1987 mainly doing nautilus supersets of leg press and leg extensions which left me hardly able to walk down bus stairs due to severe pump, my standing long jump improved 15cm without any athletic training over a period of 3-4 months.

Now theory says power needs this and that (heavier training and long rests), but in my case, I made my best ever power gains, in terms of time frame, doing the exact opposite (high reps and short rests).

I honestly believe that, with so many variables with strength training, it is almost futile to define a perfect methodology for training.

That is why there are so many champions who train differently.

Again, whether you follow a program, train yourself or are coached, what matters is when to push and when to back off.

This not easy. It requires you or coach to observe one's body in terms of necessary recovery, along with proper diet. Some people are workhorses, some need less training.