On September 12 2003 17:23 HovZ wrote:
some of you guys are rly uninformed. how the hell would the amount of weight u lift in relation to the # of reps you do actually change how you rmuscles grow. if you work out u will get bigger stronger, thats it.
It's pretty simple. If you do high weight/low reps you build big muscles. If you do low weight/high reps you tone your body. Both ways build muscle. But you will not always get bigger or at least not huge. Getting bigger for someone with a slim build for example takes a lot of effort. No matter how much heavy weight lifting you do you will only ever get toned and not huge, its the way a slim build person just is. Unless you go on a diet to gain weight. But that's a whole different story.
So it does make a very big difference what type of lifting and/or other exercises you do.
It is possible that iggs increased his reps like that. I've seen it done a million times. With such low weight its quite easy. It's no miracle or anything.
On September 13 2003 18:10 sloppy wrote:
if you only work out one muscle group, you will eventually come to a point will you will not get stronger or bigger b/c all muscles rely on other muscles. for example, to do heavy curls you need a strong back and legs to support yourself. to get a big chest you need your shoulders and back to be strong also.
Yeah that's exactly right. I know a lot of people who hate working their legs (me included) but you have to do it for overall growth. Your arms for example will stop gaining if you don't ever work your legs. And nobody likes sticking points in their lifting  Last edit: 2003-09-13 19:41:12 | 
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3 sets of 13 is still wicked, I can do 9or10 first set, then 6or7 then 3or4 
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