[Apollo89]

so i cant quite remeber if i have posted this question before so sorry if i did but I have to ask about heavy days .....so for reps i want to be doing 6-8 reps correct and my main concern is how many exccerices should i do?

[Jake2458]

I'm guessing for your heavy days, your wanting to increase your strength? If so do 2-5 reps. For exercises, depends what body part you are working on, etc. If your going really heavy and this wears YOUR body out more, adjust to how many sets you feel your body is reacting good to it.

[Apollo89]

well alright sounds good thanks for the help mna

[Jake2458]

You don't necessary need to do that though. But when you mean by heavy days, do you just want to lift the heavy weights and see what you can do with it, or is your goal with doing this, gaining strength?

[MikeNYY420]

Well put Jake. Well if you do want to gain strength I can help for sure post your current heavy day schedule up and we'll tweak it to make it brutal.

[KM]

In my opinion, you really should always be lifting heavy. Everything. Use a weight that's a struggle to bust out 6 reps and break through that. If 75 lb DB's are rough and you feel you can only do 8, work for 2-3 more. Work right before failure. Anymore reps than 12 or 13 will improve endurance only aside from myo/sacro hypertrophy.

In short your workload should be in the 6-12 range if your goal is hypertrophy.

[Apollo89]

yeah cuz im tryign to gain strength...for example when i do bench press i can do 135 10 times easy and then 145 to 8 alright but any weight after that just seems like my spotter is doing more work than i am...if that makes sense

[projekt0]

you should keep doing the 145x8 for a couple of weeks. then try to get 150x8 for a couple of more weeks and so on.

[under construction]

the generic yet very productive routine is the good old 5x5. I personally love this system during bulk and I sometimes throw in doubles and triples like our old friend Franco Colombo.

[KM]

Ight so you're goal is strength. Increase weight each week if possible whether it be 2.5 lbs - 10 lbs.

[MikeNYY420]

For stregnth what works best for me was 3-5 reps and 4-5 sets of it. So I'd say try doing 150-155 for 3-5 reps and see how that goes for you. You should make some good gains with that. For strength though every workout should be that heavy for a week or two maybe 3 then swqitch it up. Don't forget to eat a shit load that'll make you stronger too.

[Apollo89]

Ok cool i will see which one my body adapts too and i am eating a shitload im etign between 40-50 carbs preworkout and right after i get done lifting eas protein shake then like an hour later bsteakl or chicken with either pasta or potatoes with vegatbles and then another protein shake before bed

[Apollo89]

oh and KM with that weight increase do i want to keep the reps between 4-8 or more?