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2 or 3 sets?
How many sets do you guys do? Should I do 2 sets of heavy weight or 3 sets of lighter weight. My goal is to be strong and cut.
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diet and cardio will have much greater effect on getting cut than either doing 2 or 3 sets.
as to get strong. do you mean 2 or 3 sets per exercise or 2 or 3 sets in total?
there is not defiente answer to your question though. it will depend on total volume, intensity, trianing frequency etcmy exprience - joined gym 10 years ago, 6 1/2 years hard weight training exprience.
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I mean 2 or 3 sets per exercise. And I will be doing 8 reps for each set.
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3 sets of all heavy weight I personally keep my rep range 3-8 unless Im maxing
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Body's advice is on, keep reading and understanding the basic premise of putting on muscle, dropping bodyfat, getting stronger etc.
I do 2 sets.Diet is key, the calorie is king
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Just experiment to see what works best for you.
Personally i started off on 3 sets of 10-12, which was fine. But i then found that my body reacts better (for strength and hypertrophy) to 2 total heavy sets of 6-8. 1 thing i have learned about this sport/hobby regardless of (not all but alot) of the advice we recieve, is that its all just trial and error.You never know what you can do, until you try to do more than you can.
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well if wanting to get strong. i would do less than 8 reps.
Originally Posted by dart
use a lwoer rep range of 1-6 reps.my exprience - joined gym 10 years ago, 6 1/2 years hard weight training exprience.
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Or you can do what i do...first 2 sets to 6-8 reps.....and then a last CNS shocker in the 1-3 range with more weight. Originally Posted by body
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I think this is good.... 1st set 10 reps,2nd sets 8 reps-heavier weight,3rd set 6 reps-heavier weight. But how much should I add on per set?
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an even increment that leads you either to failure or close to failure on your last set near the last rep.
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So doing the sets like that is good and effective?
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yes it will be effective. But so will a lot of other suggestion and with your goals of getting strong I do not feel this is the most optimal way to do it. Originally Posted by dart
my exprience - joined gym 10 years ago, 6 1/2 years hard weight training exprience.
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