23 February 2011

Every Rep Counts ; Talking About Rep Counts

You probably heard before "one more rep" is the mind set of bodybuilders.
But is it always best to do "one more" or instead of doing "one more" increasing the weight ?
This depends on your goals . I found a great repetition scheme for people who has a goal but dont know how to achive it .




As you can see you have the chart . All you need to find suitable weights for you and do the targeted reps .

An example : You want to use 35 pound dumbbell at 8 rep . Next week do it with 9 rep . Other week 10 rep .
When you reach highest targeted rep get 40 pounds dumbbells and do 8 rep . And continue ... you get the idea .


-Have a great day.

21 comments:

  1. I always do one more. Was always told its the last couple that do more than all the rest combined.

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  2. True, you need to be careful with this stuff.

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    i found the graphic very useful since im starting to consider a hypertrophy routine

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  4. awesome, i'm not using weights right now but this will be good to know later

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  5. I'll try to avoid that death zone. Silly might be kind of fun though...I can feel good about doing a ton of low weight reps! (so long as nobody is watching) ;P

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  6. Hey started reading your blog and realized I've been exercising wrong :S.

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  7. I know people who go to the gym 2-3 times a day. I'm not even sure if that's being healthy anymore

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  8. I'm going to go ahead and print this out if you don't mind… A lot of really good stuff here!

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  9. I'd never do MAX reps, it'll damage your nervous system in the long run.

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  10. Very informative! I'll have to remember this next time I hit the gym.

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  11. I know people that go everyday and workout the same muscles without ever switching workouts. they never give them a break and work on something else

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  12. dont forget about splitting the reps into sets

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  13. I learned all of this while on P90X

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  14. i guess im going to start lifting weights myself..

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  15. Thanks for the info, I might need to change my workout a bit.

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  16. I'm new to the whole fitness scene, just wanted to say I appreciate this a whole bunch :)

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  17. hehe, i seem to have been doing it wrong. :D

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  18. This is very useful information. I've been trying to bulk up for awhile.

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