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How Many Reps Should You Do?

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

When lifting weights, there are many questions asked by both noobies and experienced lifters alike.

Some great weightlifting questions include:

what are the best exercises?
Answer: view my series of best exercises posts.
how long should I workout?
Answer: HIIT: 20 mins, Weightlifting & Endurance Cardio: 45 mins
how many sets should I do?
Answer: That answer is going to require a dedicated post, so I’ll get to that shortly.
how many reps should I do?
Answer: read on and find out…

There are 3 main kinds of repetitions (reps) when it comes to weightlifting; certain rep and set schemes are used depending on your goals. Let’s examine scheme #1:

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Tags: Conditioning, reps, strongman, Weight Training, weightlifting
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Mariusz Pudzianowski Wins WSM Again (Video)

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

I think this all went down back in September, but I just found out about it. Usually I watch this whole event on ESPN around New Years, but this year I was too busy with the fam to watch much TV.

In any case, as if you didn’t already know, Mariusz Pudzianowski won his record 5th Worlds Strongest Man title at WSM 2008. This is the video of the final event pitting Mariusz against Derek Poundstone in the Atlas Stones.

Seems to me that Derek had it won until he missed his placement on the last stone. For what it’s worth Derek, I’m sorry that you have to live with that. Good times.