Quote Originally Posted by novastepp View Post
I know I'm a little late to the actual convo, but there does not appear to be much direct evidence that explains which increase in volume is more important: load or repetitions.

Overall volume is the goal, so as previously mentioned an increase is the only, albeit vague, prescription.

It may be worth a few scholarly invitations to introduce this idea to biomechanics and exercise science faculty and address pending research.

Yea the research is lacking in that area. There is a consensus that there does exists a mechanical load threshold that needs to be reached in order to stimulate the muscle enough to allow for adaptation. What that is, is currently unknown.

I generally increase volume via load and keep my reps the same. I don't like to go over 12 reps for my high volume sets.