I was talking to a personal trainer at LA Fitness yesterday, he was telling me because of my body, I should lift heavy with low reps. He said most people that are realy overweight should lift light with a lot of reps. He said it would help me get cut more faster, and build my muscle better by doing low reps at a higher weight. What do you guys think?
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Hypertrophy (muscle growth) is best acheived in the 6-12 rep range and about 60-80% of your 1RM. 1-5 reps is for strength at 90-100% of your 1RM. Anything over 15 reps is considered endurance. As for the high rep low weight to help you cut isn't all that true, cutting is a matter of decreased caloric intake and increased cardio to lower body fat %.
Good way to put it. It would be wise to go for strength rather than hypertrophy in his case, but the biggest deciding factor is diet.Hypertrophy (muscle growth) is best acheived in the 6-12 rep range and about 60-80% of your 1RM. 1-5 reps is for strength at 90-100% of your 1RM. Anything over 15 reps is considered endurance. As for the high rep low weight to help you cut isn't all that true, cutting is a matter of decreased caloric intake and increased cardio to lower body fat %.