high reps low weight vs low reps high weight

jaxandmaksmom

hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this and any help you could give me..

I have lost 66 lbs and have been doing mostly cardio.. now that i am down i want to start doing strength training.. I have been looking into it and have read both sides of it.. high reps low weights and the low reps high weights...

My question is.. i want to start to do the training three days a week and to keep losing fat and starting building some muscles.. so any advice on which path is the best would be great help....

thank you so much for helping

wellbert

more weight less reps. increase weightevery workout.

mcrowe1016

I have been doing more weight low reps and lost 2 inches in about a month. (only two lbs though, but inches are more important to me than lbs anyway)

Meggles63

Yes! I've recently started really pushing it with heavier weights, and I can really tell the difference!

KaleidoscopeEyes1056

One of my friends is pre-med and he advised me to do a mixture of the both. Some days, do high weight with low reps to work on building up strength, and others do low weight and more reps so you're sustaining the workout for a longer period of time. If I'm feeling really frisky, I do both during the same workout.

HMVOL7409

I've seen more results not only on myself but others who choose more weight with lower reps.

freezerburn2012

Low weight/high reps can be just another form of cardio. Swimming is a bit like that (water resistance is the low weight and each stroke of the arm is a rep).

If you do high weight/low reps, you can get a great workout done in less time! Just make sure to use correct form and enjoy!

Meg_78

One of my friends is pre-med and he advised me to do a mixture of the both. Some days, do high weight with low reps to work on building up strength, and others do low weight and more reps so you're sustaining the workout for a longer period of time. If I'm feeling really frisky, I do both during the same workout.

I agree with this, a trainer told me the same thing. Its what i go by too.

chicpeach

I'm in the low reps, high weight camp. Stronger muscles take more calories to support and therefore, you do burn fat. Plus you get might nice muscle tone.

dusty8907

Lower reps, higher weight is more for strength. Higher reps, Lower weight is for hypertrophy. A solid year straight of low reps, high weight will give anyone a great foundation to start building on. After the year of straight strength training, then switch to hypertrophy for 3 months and then to strength for three months and keep alternating.