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Exhaustion vs. Less Reps, More Sets for Chin-Ups, Push-ups, etc.



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Old 02-23-2009, 07:36 PM
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But rather than talk about, why not just try it and see where it takes you?
Cause I thought I'd put it out there, in case I'm just plain wrong..

So that's a vote for higher reps over higher intensity?

Keep the comments coming, so I can get a consensus..

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5 sets of 5 is 25 not 50. lol
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Old 02-23-2009, 07:43 PM
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So that's a vote for higher reps over higher intensity?
Thats not what I voted for.

I voted for more reps at the same intensity. There's no change in intensity unless you're doing weighted chinups and pushups.

Intensity isn't a measure of how much sweat is on your shirt, its how close you are to your 1RM. Doing 1 rep with bodyweight or 8 reps with bodyweight is the same intensity.
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Old 02-23-2009, 08:05 PM
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There's no change in intensity unless you're doing weighted chinups and pushups.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying..

I've been doing chin-ups balls out, and can manage 10, then 5, then 3-4 (so, high intensity/exhaustion)..

If I were to go down to 5 a set there'd be less intensity, but more reps over all..

Maybe just add weights to the chin-ups, try to keep to or work up to 10?

Do bosu push-ups with less reps?
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Intensity isn't a measure of how much sweat is on your shirt, its how close you are to your 1RM. Doing 1 rep with bodyweight or 8 reps with bodyweight is the same intensity.
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Old 02-23-2009, 08:22 PM
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What's "^^" mean?

I didn't get what you meant, so review what I said again?

Do you think I'd approach the intensity fatigue level of my usual first set of 10 by the last couple sets of 5 out of 5?

One way to find out, I suppose..
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