Heavy lifting and light lifting for growth

[crazy_rocks]

Heavy lifting feels great and getting an awesome pump from lighter lifting feels awesome too however I see a lot of advice on heavy low rep lifting here but keep hearing big bodybuilders talk about lifting light for a serious skin tearing pump for growth. What's up with this contradiction and does it depend on training naturally or on steroids?

[Buster Brown]

Rep ranges and number of sets can be argued all day long and have been for years. I have found that I have achieved the most growth from the 6-8 rep range.....even going as low as 4-5 for my heaviest set. There are many other factors to consider as well including but not limited to : intensity, rest duration, and techniques ( drop sets, super sets, rest/pause). You don't grow in a linear fashion so you must consider cycling your training such as training HIT style then training in maintenance mode then maybe training more in a PL fashion. Cycling your training will keep things fresh as well as avoid injuries.

[crazy_rocks]

Alright so it's possible that when they do bring up the higher reps that they may not be simply talking about a weight on the bar so light that they do it in a higher rep range but they apply that itself to different shock techniques and whatever.

[InternalFire]

exactly ^

Id be doing some weeks 5-6 days a week lighter weight higher reps, then on say 8th week blast last 2-3 days super heavy with 6-8 rep range dropsets, take week + off training but still do cardio, then swap things around, do heavy sets low reps but only every other day for another 6 weeks max, then begin to incorporate higher reps with the weight Im comfortable for some longer time like another 4-5 weeks and last week keep doing high reps low weight but would superset them and that would be some killer that Id need another week or so to properly recover again, and so keep going changing things around,

There's a great deal of how your DNA is made, what type of muscle you have, low twitch or fast twitch it all depends on what type and so when you'd know more about your DNA, you could build your routine around it with science in mind and so it may be less time wasted

Havent done DNA test myself but there are tests available, it tells good deal about you, prone to various diseases or not, cancerogenic or not and the % , muscle type and major food intolerances and so on, however - not cheap tests... but worth a look

[Lee_1978]

I like to combine low rep heavy weights with higher, lighter reps, especially with larger muscle groups like chest and back.

[InternalFire]

know what you mean, I did do that at days where I hit muscle hard with low reps but mentally feels like I could do more just the muscle says "NO MORE" so cut the weight half and pump them as hard as possible, gives great feel

[crazy_rocks]

I like to combine low rep heavy weights with higher, lighter reps, especially with larger muscle groups like chest and back.

That sounds like a great idea.

So does anyone think people have a preference as to when they run their cycle depending on the phase of weight lifting their in?