20 rep sets

[spartysucks]

It is tougher in some ways.you are taxing your muscular endurance and cardiovascular system

 

[Goosey]

Efficient for increasing 1 rep max?there's guys like George Lee man and Matt Middleton who do brutal 20 rep sets but it's where you position it in your training.
Surely if you are approaching a 1 rep max competition,it would be advisable to have your body tuned to lifting a 1 rep all out.not sure if 20 reps with 70% will do that.need a higher %

Yeah, for the powerlifter it’s tricky I don’t think there is much room for anything else.

 

[spartacus]

Efficient for increasing 1 rep max?there's guys like George Lee man and Matt Middleton who do brutal 20 rep sets but it's where you position it in your training.
Surely if you are approaching a 1 rep max competition,it would be advisable to have your body tuned to lifting a 1 rep all out.not sure if 20 reps with 70% will do that.need a higher %

yes, that should be obvious. lifting near maximal weights as a sport requires considerable familiarity.

however, for a non-lifter, a 1 rep or low rep maximal set is much less important as a strength improvement indicator. up to each individual what he or she prefers. ben Johnson used a 6 rep all out set as he and coach believed less likelihood of injury and less taxing on body.

 

[spartacus]

20 rep sets will work, but i would prefer sets of 8-12 with moderate weights. this will allow a reasonably high percentage of weight to be used for training, above 60% of one's maximal single lift.

 

[spartysucks]

Thing is for me when I did higher rep sets,my back would lose tightness from tiring first and I'd end up doing abominations.

 

[spartysucks]

This is the PLing section, didn't realise that. Hmmmmm.....



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