High Rep Ranges Need A Reason To Be Included High reps can be beneficial? Many bodybuilders gravitate towards 8-12 rep sets as high-repetition training, in line with structural hypertrophy — an increase to the size of muscle. You form will be fixed with this structure, minimal rest encourages optimal hypertrophy as well. The thing you need to realize, is although doing high reps may help your muscles grow, it might not be the optimal way for strength gains alone.
The Significance of High Reps in Bodybuilding
Muscle Growth vs.hypertrophy (ad) Strength: High rep training is mainly about increasing muscle size rather than overall strength. Based on those studies, lifting every rep higher with lighter weight can provide the same muscle growth as a heavier set.
And Two), Training Variety: Doing super high rep work all the time will only lead to adaptation and stagnant progress down the road. Mixing high rep and low-rep ranges can kick your gains out of neutral, so you develop size as well optimal strength23.
Less of a Risk Injury: A beginner or anybody who’s coming off an injury and can handle high reps will probably be more safe from potential strain/injury due to the fact that higher rep sets typically involve lighter weight56.
The Science Behind High Reps
But don`t forget that even such a high rep range can have strength benefits if the right program. Participants who added high-rep sets in conjunction to traditional heavy lifting saw more muscle mass and strength increases than those who used only low-reps training14.
Conclusion
So the crux of it is, yes bodybuilders do need high-rep training for hypertrophy if they want to be able to jump and move efficiently but that still needs a balance with lower rep strength work which promotes gains in muscle mass. This fusion has resulted in the bodybuilder look; a physique that is not only massive but also highly functional.
