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    You will gain some size with strength but how much depends on your training style. Low weight, low reps will build strength without as much size as higher reps, lower weight. As a bodybuilder I train with higher volume, upper body parts get 9-12 sets of 10-12 reps each after warm up. Although Im not a power lifter, I do know they are doing much fewer sets at lower reps with higher weights.

    What are you goals?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cgb6810 View Post
    You will gain some size with strength but how much depends on your training style. Low weight, low reps will build strength without as much size as higher reps, lower weight. As a bodybuilder I train with higher volume, upper body parts get 9-12 sets of 10-12 reps each after warm up. Although Im not a power lifter, I do know they are doing much fewer sets at lower reps with higher weights.

    What are you goals?
    It was just a general question, I did not know if strength automatically means muscle gain.

    And you say that higher reps and lower weight will translate into bigger size??? I would have thought the opposite. Right now I am doing a little bit of eveything, but tend to lean to higher weight lower rep. Thing is my strength is going through the roof and what was higher weight lower rep when I started is now medium both.

    Right now I am focused on building muscle on a pro hormone cycle, that will end in 3 weeks and then I will adjust my workout somehow to try to get a little leaner but maintaining the muscle I am putting on now.

    What type of approach would you recommed for PCT while I am trying to lean out a little bit but keep the gains I have made? At that point definition will be the goal and strength size will take a back seat. I have a little bit of pec and stomach fat that refuses to come off that needs to go.

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