When it comes to working out at the gym, it’s hard to know what the best routine is for you and your personal fitness goals. That’s why a personal trainer can become such a key part of your fitness success.
After training with so many different people with a range of goals plus studying the science of fitness, personal trainers know how much weight you should be doing and the impact of both high reps and low reps on your goals.
Here are our thoughts on the benefits of high reps and low reps as well as when you should do each.
Why Do High Reps
High reps build a bigger muscle. If that’s your goal, you’ll want to do that with your sets. The more reps you do, the more tension you put on the muscle, which stimulates muscle growth and increases strength. However, over time, you won’t be able to handle as much weight intensity.
The Case For Low Reps
The low-rep zone is considered no more than five reps in each set. This means typically much higher weights are used. This changes your body composition, adding more definition.
The Perfect Combination of Reps
It makes sense then to combine these two types of rep strategies into one to get strength and definition from each workout, which your personal trainer can define for you.
For example, you can switch off and do high rep sessions of 8-12 repetitions per set and then go to low rep sessions of 4-8 repetitions per set.
There isn’t just one number combination because it depends on your own goals and abilities as well as how fast your body adapts.
You’ll also need to train certain muscle groups at a time, giving them a day off while you focus on others. This is important to allow your muscles to grow and thrive through rest and then work. 
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