Afterward you can move into hypertrophy to finally develop bigger stronger muscles.
Bench press high weight low reps.
Best reps for weight loss.
Chest and shoulders.
High reps with light weight but high reps can still elicit gains in strength as well.
Compound barbell lifts squats bench press and deadlift are your best allies here.
What i am saying is that if you re grinding away at low rep sets and it s not working increasing reps per set and your overall volume of bench press work is well worth a try.
The following six exercises are considered among the best for low weight high rep exercises.
Low reps and high weight is your goal.
Low weight with high reps for weight loss and then increase weight load after a few weeks.
Best reps for muscle strength.
For optimal strength increases the research conclusively supports low reps with heavy weight vs.
3 x 3 do 3 progressively heavier warm up sets of 3 reps follow by your work set incline bench press.
Unlike the deadlift the bench press starts with eccentric lowering.
You can also use.
A high rep group which lifted at 30 50 of their one rep max for 20 25 reps a set and a low rep group which lifted at 75 90 of their one rep max.
Here is the example workout.
But even with that advantage it can be equally as challenging to do right.
The lifters were split into two groups.
A sample bench program using ultra high reps this would be a great one for someone who struggles a bit with stability and lockout when benching for low to moderate reps.
It also enables you to use more exercises for each body part and will probably result in the most muscle growth if you ve already used the high set singles for few months.
High reps and low weight is reserved for resistance training for example what a boxer might want to do to last 12 rounds.
To be clear you can also can train this movement low in that 2 6 rep range but it s also perfect to strap in and go for a ride.
I ve used this approach and managed to increase from 225 for 20 reps to 250 for 24 reps in 2 months.