question for my brahs

[PancakeBrah]

Originally Posted by Mike Wrecka

that sounds contradictory to anything ive heard. heavy weights get you bigger, lighter weight with higher reps tone you up.

never understood the whole I wanna lift weights and not get bigger thing tbh.

lol


anyways, you basically have it, NAQ. no matter what rep scheme or regiment you do, if you lift your physique WILL change. it's just a matter of degrees. hanging around the 3-6 rep ranges will recruit your central nervous system more and relate more to pure strength. powerlifters, for instance, train in those rep ranges. they'll still do their assistance work in higher rep ranges, tho. if your looking purely for strength google 'Starting Strength' by Mark Rippetoe. It takes all of the basic, necessary compound (multi-muscle, multi-joint) movements into two alternating workouts. Take it with a grain of salt if you don't want to put on weight, though. It assumes you'll eat at a caloric surplus and don't care about gaining some extra fat. But the basic principles are sound for creating a good strength base for a novice.