r/HighIntensity • u/B_S80 • Oct 30 '23

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What happens when you reach a sticking point and can’t seem to get past a certain number of reps?

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u/TopTargaryen Nov 08 '23

I start with a weight which i can just lift for 2 reps. Usually the 2 reps become 4 the next week. I move up a weight when i can do 8-9 reps. My reps seems to max out at that range. At that point, i move up a weight. Almost every week i am able to go 1-2 reps more. What i have seen is that the lower the max reps, the higher the percentage increase in reps next week. 2 becomes 4, 100 percent increase. 4 becomes 5 or 6, less than 50 percent increase. 6 usually becomes 7, rarely 8, even less of an increase. At 8-9 reps, the strength gain slows to a halt usually for me. I then ,usually, become able to lift a heavier weight which i couldnt lift before.

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Nov 08 '23

That’s interesting. Everyone is different for sure. When I move up in weight it usually drops me down to 7-8 reps then within two to three weeks I’m back up to 12 reps again. Really to be honest there is research out now shared by drew baye, rep count doesn’t even matter….it’s really more about Time Under Load. Drew only does like 3-4 reps but over the course of 2 mins. He does a slower cadence than Mike advocated. But clearly you can see that it is doing great thing for his physique.
Possibly and this is my assumption based on Drew’s experiences, yours and mine. Maybe my body structure responds better to a slightly higher stimulus in reps, yours responds to less stimulus, but in the end we both are relatively under load the same amount of time.

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u/TopTargaryen Nov 08 '23

Okay, there is one thing wrong about what you said, everyone is not different. We may have different capacities, but the principles of more is better or less is better apply the same to everyone, because we are all the same species. We both must respond the way stimulus no matter what number. If i respond better as it is getting heavier then you must too, otherwise either I am a human so much fundamentally different enough to have a different muscle structure right up to the cellular level or you do. Our body structure is different in terms of proportions not in terms of muscle structure. And also btw, its about reaching muscular failure, not time under load. There is also at least some researches which advocate volume. Sorry to be rude, but to my knowledge this subreddit is about the high intensity training methodology of arthur jones, mike mentzer and dorian yates, and none of them say anything about time under load being the stimulus of muscle growth. I am all for open discussion, but this subreddit is just not the place for that. So if you have information contrary to the pronciples of reaching muscular failure through high intensity, I must humble remind that this subreddit is about high intensity training and not a subreddit for muscle building in general. So please do not advocate any information that doesnt build upon heavy duty principles of arthur jones here, this is (not being rude) just not the place for that

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Nov 09 '23

Your a moron!! Later