High Reps

[dstyle42004]

im 22 years old 6'4 and currently 222 pounds. I have very good claves, tris, shoulders and back but my chest is really laggin behing. I have not seen it grown in a while and it barly has since i started lifting. I tried all differnt exercizes and approaches but nothing really worked. I decided to really switch it up and put my sets at reps of 20 15 10. so if before i was doing
70x12 80x10 90x8 for incline dumbells i am now using 55 65 75. I am telling u that after every set im feeling an incredible burn and huge pump, my chest feels like it gonna pop. Im righting this because for the first time in only 5 weeks im seeing my chest grow and i love it. I got the idea to train with these high reps after reading an article about how it had worked for craig titus- pre murder years. they call it high volume blood traing.

just wondering if anybody has sucess using this

[dupa95]

I use those lifts at the end of my work out. burn outs. i will take just for grins 45's and do 10 sets of 15. just hamer um till I can't take it no more.

[IronReload04]

look buddy, "you can curl a soup can 50 times, and you will get a huge pump, but that sure as hell isnt going to make you bigger" (thought borrowed from dante the dc guy)

Coming to my own conclusion on things, a pump means jack shit as far as growth.........progressively lift heavier weights, this is a sure thing


you are a pretty tall guy at 6'3........I bet you have really long arms etc etc and are really at a disadvantage for lifting weights no?


so what i would do for chest is this..........

pick exercises that feel right, use ranges of motion that feels right........maybe get away from flat bench and never ever do it again.

1 suggestion- get on an incline barbell, take a nice wide grip (so that the move doesnt feel retarded), and do 3/4 or even half reps if your arms are really long.........
2. dumbells presses- again do like 3/4 or 1/2 reps, just find a range of motion that you can really really just fire through.........so it looks like you are "burrying the weight"

kind of catch the drift?

i would never ever tell a guy average height to do lower range of motion or anyting, but i think its osmthing that could work for real tall guys

[777rocky777]

im 6'3 and flat bench works for me. its my favorite lift

[IronReload04]

flat bench is the most dangerous thing in a weight room......the problem is worse the taller you get

I am not saying I dont do it, but i am 5'8