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turbodragon
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Ok, so I've been training on and off for about 4-5 years now and onyl recently decided to take it more seriously. But something just occured to me with regards to reps and sets.
Background info:
Take for example the flat bench press I would do:
Set 1 (warmup set): 30kg x 12 reps
Set 2: 50kg x 10 reps
Set 3: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 4 (very close to failure set): 70kg x 6 reps
If I had a spotter, I would try for 80kg x 6 reps (or 8 reps of 70kg)
But I have begun to notice poeple who would do 3 or 4 sets (like me), except instead of increasing weights with each set, instead they begin with their normal warmup weight and then ramp it up to 60kg (for example) and do the 60kg for the remaining sets, whilst maintaining 8-10 reps for each of those sets. In other words:
Set 1: 30kg x 12 reps
Set 2: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 3: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 4: 60kg x 8 reps
Now my question is, are both methods acceptable? Or is one of us going about it the wrong way?
Cheers.
Background info:
Take for example the flat bench press I would do:
Set 1 (warmup set): 30kg x 12 reps
Set 2: 50kg x 10 reps
Set 3: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 4 (very close to failure set): 70kg x 6 reps
If I had a spotter, I would try for 80kg x 6 reps (or 8 reps of 70kg)
But I have begun to notice poeple who would do 3 or 4 sets (like me), except instead of increasing weights with each set, instead they begin with their normal warmup weight and then ramp it up to 60kg (for example) and do the 60kg for the remaining sets, whilst maintaining 8-10 reps for each of those sets. In other words:
Set 1: 30kg x 12 reps
Set 2: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 3: 60kg x 8 reps
Set 4: 60kg x 8 reps
Now my question is, are both methods acceptable? Or is one of us going about it the wrong way?
Cheers.