Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 16, 2021 |
- Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 16, 2021
- What are the benefits of straight sets, if you're lifting sub maximal weights?
- Rant Wednesday
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 16, 2021 Posted: 16 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it. Rule #0 still applies in this thread.Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to check first are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.) [link] [comments] |
| What are the benefits of straight sets, if you're lifting sub maximal weights? Posted: 15 Jun 2021 01:03 PM PDT A lot of people use straight sets (lifting the same amount of weight for the same amount of reps for a specific number of sets, i.e. 3x10 etc), so what would you say are the benefits of them compared to other set types such as pyramids, reverse pyramids, etc? I know that straight sets can allow for a lot of volume to be accumulated throughout the workout, but whislt that can be a positive I can also see a negative to straight sets... The fact that you're lifting weights that are sub optimal and not your true "max". Let's say for example that you're aiming for 3x10 and manage to get 10 reps in your first set. Now unless you were lifting an amount that was sub maximal, you will never really be able to get 10 reps in the 2nd and 3rd sets due to fatigue. You'll also be stopping well short of failure in order to prevent yourself being fatigued for the following sets. Therefore it seems that with straight sets you're almost forced to use a weight that's lower than your true max, just for the sake of being able to get the same amount of reps in your 2nd and 3rd sets. Whilst on paper this seems like it'd be a real negative of working with straight sets (as you're purposely lifting sub maximal weights), there MUST be a positive that outweighs this negative if straight sets are so popular, yet I've never really thought about it until now. So in your opinions, what would you say makes straight sets so good for hypertrophy if you're never gonna be lifting the amount that you could if you were to go all out? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out! There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves. [link] [comments] |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Fitness. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
No comments:
Post a Comment