low reps 1-4, high reps 6-9.
I train to be a strongman and I see alot of sites [powerlifting] claiming that low rep training is the way to go as far as
strength training goes, making out high rep training is inferior, but alot of strongman comps the rep range is significantly higher then 4 reps. It usualy until your muscles are exhuasted with the weight or you have reach you rep max in the time permited.
Louie Simmons claims that training with low rep numbers will produce much more strength progression then high reps.
I am not so sure, I see all the articles on how to up your bench by 50lbs in 12weeks etc, but alls I see are articles in which your just tapering your reps down to a one rep max and upping your weight each week.
But this just looks like your swapping your reps for weight on the bar, is this just an illusion to con people into becoming powerlifters instead of strongmen?
Or after this 12 weeks can you bench in the previous rep range [6-9]with higher weight, if so would this improvement be significantly greater then if you where to train for those 12 weeks at a rep range of 6 to 9?
I have ready many of Louie Simmons articles [all on westside site several times]and do train with similar exerises, speed work, rack pulls etc as well as employing stretch bands, because alot of his stuff is about dynamic strength, which is a quality I strive for.
I just have a problem giving up the higher reps, i'm not sure it would that effective I guess.
Any opinions welcome.
