Thursday 17 July 2014

Beginners Guide to Sets, Repetitions, Rest and Tempo

Getting bigger and stronger is a simple science. You lift something heavy, stress your muscles, eat, rest and repeat. Do this with enough intensity and consistency, and you'll grow big and strong.
If it's that simple, why on earth make it complicated?


SETS

Performing up to 6 sets per exercise enables great volume for all muscle groups but for a beginner its pretty good to stick to the basic 3 to 4 sets per exercise.


REPETITIONS

I have trained in all sorts of ranges for experimentation purposes. From experience I can advise you that 8 to 12 reps per set  and for a larger Muscle group or lower body 16 to 20 reps per set is the most ‘Anabolic Rep Range.’


REST BETWEEN SETS

The amount of time can vary a bit, depending on how many sets you're going for and how heavy the weight is, "but 60-90 seconds between sets is a good and stick to it.


TEMPO

Don't complicate things, different exercises require different tempos best stick to basic 1-2 tempo

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