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    Switching Workout?

    Okay guys, I've pretty much been doing low rep exercises for quite some time now doing between 3-5 sets each... I switch up my workout on exercises only, but usually keep the same basic principle of low rep (6-8) and 3-5 sets. It's worked great for quite some time but now I think I've hit a plateau I've changed my diet, gained a little weight, but again, I'm stuck. I was thinking of using high rep for a week or two and wondered how you guys go about doing it... Do you use the same exercises you've been doing and start using 12-15 reps? Do you change the sets at all? Or a completely different workout? And how long should I do it for? I love hitting white muscle fibers but I believe I need to change it to lighter weights for a little bit as I am feeling more tired as of late and believe I may be overtrainining slightly.

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    I would give high Reps a try. Your body is so use to low reps that it will shock your body and maybe thats what you need. personally I would go at least two weeks maybe three let your body adjust to high reps and then shock it again by hitting lower reps. Im sure youve done alot of reading on pushing past pleteaus. Somthing that help me out was changing my grip on excercises. Example for bench I tried reverse grip I had to lower the weight substancially but in the end it helped out. Little things like grip and pace are key.

    Good luck and keep posted how things turn out

    Kelly

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    Either heavy triples at 90% with more sets so you get enough time under tension in. Or try 12 reps. It sounds like you've been doing failure training since you say 6 to 8. So try going a little short of failure with more sets and shorter rest.

    Or you could even try very high volume with lower intensity like German volume training or something like that.

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    My workouts are 3 days (W/O Cycle) on and one day off then I start over again.
    I usually do 2 W/O cycles low rep (Heavy weight) and shock my body by doing 1 W/O rep high reps (light weight). All reps are too failure. This works great for me.

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