1-3 rep sets

[Slashmonay]

I just finished my personal training course and the teacher was talking about some stuff i didnt agree with...like for instance doing higher reps for more muscle "tone"....I know we all hate that word...anyways, he was talking about for strength training 1-3 rep workouts for 2-3 sets once a week as heavy as you can go. Isnt this a bit too less?? what u think? Im going to try it for a while once a week just doing 1-3 rep sets then the other time doing 10-12....

[Stonecold54]

he probably didn't define a % of resistance or the cadence of the repetition.

[Shibby]

I got a PT cert from a pretty "reputable" company. I will tell you I have learned so much from my personal research, this boards and trial and error. I usually won't even tell people that I learned the stuff from my cert. I'm sure there are others that are alot better. But when I was looking into it, I thought mine was. The only two that I have noticed are worth a damn is NASM and ACSM.

[shortz]

Well, like Stone says, there are some variables you may not be telling us that he said. First, did he include warm ups? How did he say to perform warm ups? When done correctly, 2-3 sets of 1-3 COULD very well be a good strength builder. Remember that when PLing, you will warm up to your single too, so only the last set counts as a working set.

On the other hand, there are ALOT of things the personal trainers say at the gym that I don't agree with. They aren't even familar with the most popular training methods in most cases too.

[mcalo4]

I think that is how most powerlifters train, between 1-3 or 1-5 reps.
I've read how some of these powerlifters train and the workload is a lot less than how bodybuilders train, of course their lifting some heavy ass weights but the overall volume is very low.

I actually tried training like a powerlifter for a while. I didn't like it. I felt like I wasn't doing anything, yeah I got stronger but I missed the feeling of having a pump, and my shoulder started bothering me. Putting that damn bench shirt on is a workout by itself. I bagged my little powerlifting routine after one month.

Slash I think your teacher was right if getting stronger was the only objective.

[iceberg]

I think 1-3 reps is kinda of like the HIT training. It doesn't count warm up sets, and is 1-2 reps to failure. 1 set per exercise.
I personally have not tried it because going that heavy for several weeks in a row will kill my joints (I'm an olf 37 yr old fart)
I try to vary reps weight and tempo of exercises constantly.
If you are interested in HIT training there is a lot of info out there.
One spot id bodybuilding.com

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ICEberg

[iceberg]

I forgot to mention "HIT" stands for high intensity training.
Mike Mentzelar?? and Dorion Yates were big proponants of it.

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ICEberg

[shortz]

LOL^^^ You are talking to guys who preach HIT rather frequently. ;)

[NYCmitch25]

:D

[iceberg]

Originally posted by shortz
LOL^^^ You are talking to guys who preach HIT rather frequently. ;)

Cut me a little slack. I am trying to just add a little to the board. I have only been back for a couple of weeks.

This won't be the last obvious thing that I mention, trust me I will also say some very stupid things as well.:)

ICEberg

[NYCmitch25]

Welcome back ICEberg.
I don't think he meant any disrespect.

Good response, keep posting!