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Messing With Reps: A Closer Look At Maximize Your Reps

Posted on 28 April 2009. Tags: Aim, Athlete, Bodybuilders, Bodybuilding Workout, Bodybuilding Workouts, Chest Press, Closer Look, Coach, Control, Dogma, Failure, Fat Loss, Fitness Industry, Lactic Acid, Maximum Load, Mway, Press Time, Reps, Sets And Reps, Tempo, Tension, Viscious Cycles, Workout

Often in our bodybuilding workouts, as in life we take things for granted. A rep is one of those things. We talk in the gym and assume that we’re going to do high reps to grow and low reps for strength or high reps for fat loss and low reps for muscle. As you can see from my previous sentence, various theories about rep exist.

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A Closer Look At The Fat Burning Zone For Six Pack Abs

Posted on 28 April 2009. Tags: Aerobic Work, Array, Body Composition, Bodybuilders, Burning Zone, Carbs, Cardio, Closer Look, Competitor, Composition Changes, Exercise Group, Fat Burning Zone, Fat Loss Zone, High Intensity Cardio, High Intensity Training, Hiit, Important Factors, Inten, Intensity Exercise, Interval Training, Lean Body Mass, Lean Muscle, Physique, Recovery Periods, Steady State, Strength Coaches, Workout

For years the debate has raged hardcore about the effectiveness of traditional cardio versus high intensity cardio. On one side, you have educated strength coaches and trainers as well as researchers pointing to various reason why high intensity intervals are better and on the other side you have trainers and bodybuilders advocating the advantages of traditional steady state cardio. For the most part, the steady state work has won out since the trainers and bodybuilders look the way that most people want to look.