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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: October 31, 2010, 03:45:29 pm »Raptor what's your routine look like and what exercises are you using? Have you ever trained specifially for hypertrophy with a higher volume routine like 10 x 10 or anything crazy like 20 rep squats? If not, you might consider a higher volume alternating intensification/volume format. For example, on your high volume day go something like 5 x 5, 1 x 15-20. On your lower volume day go something like 5 x 1-3, 1 x 8-10.
My hunch is you probably don't grow well in your legs off low rep stuff so some high reps and/or volume will probably do you good.
i'm in total agreement for people who are dead-set on hypertrophy (or a dedicated hypertrophy block), 20 rep squats have put so much mass on me 1.5 years ago it was ridiculous.. My legs became monstrous (relatively) by the time I hit 225 x 20, I couldn't jump for shit, but I put on a ton of mass.. I remember going from 170 to 180 or so on my 3-4 week 20 rep squat block.
10 x 10 is solid too.
In raptor's case though, with his aches/injuries/knee issue, I wouldn't do 20 rep/10x10. It would probably make him so sore + cause that knee so achy that he would literally kill himself. HEH
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