New Rules of Lifting For Women (NROL4W)

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Does anyone else worry that we're doing too many reps?

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AlsDonkBoxSquat
AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
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I keep reading that you really shouldn't do too many reps and that over 6 or 8 you start getting into endurance. Thoughts?

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  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
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    I've read 5-8 for strength. 8-12 for size. And 12-15 for perfecting form.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    Follow the program. At first you do that many rep to get use of the movement. I have not done more than 10 rep since stage 1
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
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    I was doing 15-20 reps for endurance. I beleive the lower reps are for strength/muscle.

    edit>(oops, sorry, not doing the program yet, but am interested!)
  • idauria
    idauria Posts: 1,037 Member
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    I definitely don't see a concern here. As you go through the program the reps drop. Also if you're increasing weight every time you might find that you can't even complete the 8 reps. That happened to me this morning. I increased weight for one of the lunge exercises and I could only do 3 sets of 6 and my legs were burning!

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