Thread: reps/sets

quote: Originally posted by grove001: I tried it and felt burn so I think it's working. Thanks to all who replied. this doesnt mean its working... you can curl a pink 2lb weight 400 times and feel burn.

Ok, apparently you don't all read the MH. Last month (october 2009 edition, Obama on front)page 42 there is a huge 28 in the upper right corner. Says "percentage increase in bench-press strength after only 12 weeks of alternating your rep ranges every training day." Article below tells about it "The Key to More Muscle" after reading it a few times I get the impression you are supposed to do all sets of whatever...

Hi, ya I do read all the Mens's Health Mags, I'm just way behind by a few months. I just opened the July/August. I have way too many magazines (Reader's Digest, MH and Home Theater). 2 of my 3 kids are in school and they sell the magazine subscriptions for school fundraising and prizes etc. It costs me about $60 so its way cheaper than off the shelf. I used to do almost all my MH reading while I read the Lifecycle for 30-40...

Ok, no one has jumped on this yet, so I guess I'll have to be the first. I apologise to Men's Health magazine when I say this, but just because the article came from there does NOT mean it's a good program. In fact a lot of the stuff MH publishes is crap. You should check the essentials for a real program that will give you real results. There are a few tried and true programs out there, you should stick to those; don't...

Sounds like a conjugated method. I would actually guess your first option, assuming you mean that 4,10 and 15 reps are how a workout should be designed. Although I could be wrong and would need to read the actual article. Saying you need to strictly do 4,10, and 15 reps regardless of whether its in a set, or total workout is pretty ridiculous.

I'm really good at math, so here's what I came up: wutdaphuk are you talking about?

I agree on both counts ^^ 28% "more" than what?

quote: Originally posted by MTD52: I agree on both counts ^^ 28% "more" than what? 28% more muscle than when you don't make up arbitrary statistics. Very effective.