well after working out for a year here is what ive observed. basically up to this point ive done strictly heavy weight low reps. i started out a year ago weighing 150 and could max out benching 7 reps of 115. now i can do 4 reps of 250. ive put on 30 pounds and have gotten noticeably bigger. not to mention i dont work out my legs, just arms and chest. now that ive gotten way stronger, i now wanna focus on not improving my strength, but i now want to shape my arms. my arm muscles are just pretty much big at this point. i want to have rippling muscles rather than just bulk muscle. i want my muscle to show. i dont wanna get any bigger, just wanna be able to slide credit cards through my muscles if you know what i mean. i ask this after my health teacher, who works out intensely and can bench 435, told the girls in my class this; alot of girls worry that working out will make them bigger. his suggestion was to do light weights and high reps. does this sound like something i should do? i think it sounds like it. any ideas?
heavy weight/ low reps vs. light weight/ high reps
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steroidsrule
Don Juan
high weight low reps is for gaining strength or during a cutting period... LOWER weight and high reps is for gaining pure size... if you wanna be more ripped focus on diet and cardio.. ripped muscles are made in the kitchen
[S]alvatore
Master Don Juan
1. Train your legs, unless you wanna look like an idiot.
2. Whether you're bulking or cutting it doesn't matter on reps, sets whatever. You change your diet, not your routine, it sh1ts me when I hear people saying you need to do high reps while you're cutting.
2. Whether you're bulking or cutting it doesn't matter on reps, sets whatever. You change your diet, not your routine, it sh1ts me when I hear people saying you need to do high reps while you're cutting.
steroidsrule
Don Juan
you shouyld actually do lower reps higher weight to maintain strength while cutting... if you were to increase reps and decrease total caloric intake (cutting) you would most certainly catabolize your hard earned muscle.. stick to low reps high weight and get a decent diet rich in whole grains and protein
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flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
lol rippling muscles is a disease
Just wanted to share that
semag knows it, quick and easy, just lose more fat...
Max out your metabolism with anearobics(long twitch muscle training)
SIX meals a day(three meals a day is societally imposed not naturally)
drink tons of water so you don't have water retention(creatine needs extra water to work, so you retain water with it)
Keep a balanced salt intake, not so much that your blood requires water dilution(water weight) and good luck on not having enough in you diet when you eat a healthy meal(it's in nearly everything you eat)... salt is your main source of sodium, so don't forget to eat your daily banana(potassium/sodium need balance so your liver and muscles stay strong)
Electrolytes...
Watch your alcohol/caffeine intake, they are diuretics that will rob your muscles of water and will prompt fat cells to increase to maintain a healthy system balance if you reach a mild stage of dehydration.(Ignore the benefits of the stimulant effects of caffeine)
Eat enough complex carbohydrates and vitamin B for energy(to facilitate the calorie burn)
^^^Those are ways to reduce your body's need to store fat^^^
Just wanted to share thatsemag knows it, quick and easy, just lose more fat...
Max out your metabolism with anearobics(long twitch muscle training)
SIX meals a day(three meals a day is societally imposed not naturally)
drink tons of water so you don't have water retention(creatine needs extra water to work, so you retain water with it)
Keep a balanced salt intake, not so much that your blood requires water dilution(water weight) and good luck on not having enough in you diet when you eat a healthy meal(it's in nearly everything you eat)... salt is your main source of sodium, so don't forget to eat your daily banana
(potassium/sodium need balance so your liver and muscles stay strong)Electrolytes...
Watch your alcohol/caffeine intake, they are diuretics that will rob your muscles of water and will prompt fat cells to increase to maintain a healthy system balance if you reach a mild stage of dehydration.(Ignore the benefits of the stimulant effects of caffeine)
Eat enough complex carbohydrates and vitamin B for energy(to facilitate the calorie burn)
^^^Those are ways to reduce your body's need to store fat^^^
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
Dude, start elaborating on these one sentence posts you keep making to me... I never know completely what you are trying to say to me!mrRuckus said:
Caffeine causes water loss in EVERYBODY, it is also a mild laxative. It's a stimulant, that affects hormone production.
I don't want to say more, I don't like responding to single line comments that are ambiguous in nature(something you seem to have a knack for
)What is it your trying to say? Drink lots of caffeine, and match it with water?