Less reps more weight for cutting?

[VforVendetta]

So the general consensus on low/high reps seems to be 3-5 and 8-10 respectively?

[DBarcelo]

So the general consensus on low/high reps seems to be 3-5 and 8-10 respectively?

No. 3-5 is for a power lifter or strength training. 8-10 is for bodybuilding and bulking. Some people do bulk with just the 3-5 range, but the vast majority of people only gain strength in that range. Some people will argue that you have to get bigger in order to get stronger, but you don't really have to, and it's more a matter of support muscle involvement. Look at a power lifter that can bench 800lbs, they tend to have a much smaller chest than a bodybuilder that benches 400lbs.

[scottninpo]

No. 3-5 is for a power lifter or strength training. 8-10 is for bodybuilding and bulking. Some people do bulk with just the 3-5 range, but the vast majority of people only gain strength in that range. Some people will argue that you have to get bigger in order to get stronger, but you don't really have to, and it's more a matter of support muscle involvement. Look at a power lifter that can bench 800lbs, they tend to have a much smaller chest than a bodybuilder that benches 400lbs.

no offence dude, but that's nuts, take a look at purepowers' pics in the member's pics section and tell me powerlifters don't have mass, that's the whole point of powerlifting, to get bigger and stronger, only wrestlers want to add strength without size as far as i know