TNCOWBOY
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- Jan 21, 2014
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Seeking advice. Lurker on this forum for awhile but have rarely posted. Ill try to be brief.
After a few years of neglect my wife and I got back into the gym 4 months ago. Essentially we have used a technique of 4 sets per exercise at the same weight. Once we can get 8 reps on all four reps we go up ten lbs the next week. Whether or not this is wise Ive had wild success doing this (and her to to a lesser extent) in strength gains, now able to lift over 200 lbs in the main lifts (Bench, DL, Squat) which I never did a single time in my life for any exercise before. I have mainly performed calistenic type work in the past to give myself an excuse.
A few weeks ago the wife pulled a quad and had been dealing with nagging soreness prior to that. As if on cue, I have now got an irritated quad and lat and feel pretty run down. During physical therapy the wifes PT dismissed what we had been doing as insanity and that we should be doing 3 sets per at a higher rep range--around 15.
I would assume switching up to high reps for a spell would be beneficial just for varietys sake. But curious overall what the experts in here recommend.
I understand there are many factors at play but in general what are some opinions?
I should add we are doing this for fat loss solely--both of us still have 30-40 lbs we want to cut. Lets also asssume diet is on the mark. It hasn't been, especially for me but that is just a matter of doing it. I have really no questions as to what we should be doing there.
Also, we are doing 20-24 sets total per body part except calves where its 12 and abs where we just do classes.
Thoughts?
After a few years of neglect my wife and I got back into the gym 4 months ago. Essentially we have used a technique of 4 sets per exercise at the same weight. Once we can get 8 reps on all four reps we go up ten lbs the next week. Whether or not this is wise Ive had wild success doing this (and her to to a lesser extent) in strength gains, now able to lift over 200 lbs in the main lifts (Bench, DL, Squat) which I never did a single time in my life for any exercise before. I have mainly performed calistenic type work in the past to give myself an excuse.
A few weeks ago the wife pulled a quad and had been dealing with nagging soreness prior to that. As if on cue, I have now got an irritated quad and lat and feel pretty run down. During physical therapy the wifes PT dismissed what we had been doing as insanity and that we should be doing 3 sets per at a higher rep range--around 15.
I would assume switching up to high reps for a spell would be beneficial just for varietys sake. But curious overall what the experts in here recommend.
I understand there are many factors at play but in general what are some opinions?
I should add we are doing this for fat loss solely--both of us still have 30-40 lbs we want to cut. Lets also asssume diet is on the mark. It hasn't been, especially for me but that is just a matter of doing it. I have really no questions as to what we should be doing there.
Also, we are doing 20-24 sets total per body part except calves where its 12 and abs where we just do classes.
Thoughts?