Sets,Reps, Etc.. again PLS PLS PLS Help

[delusional]

Hi, my name is vinson i have been bodybuilding for about 7 months... I was153lbs or so a year ago now I am 164, 10% body fat my training is:
Day 1 Chest, secondary-Shoulder, Tris
Day 2 Back, Bis,
Day 3  quads,hams,calves

What I am trying to achieve is muscle size rather than strength... At first I would do 5 sets of 15 , what would be the correct # of sets and reps for EXTREME (haha) muscle size. And any workout would be best in achieving this.

[delusional]

Now a reply that actually would help ?

[d0nny2600]

Now a reply that actually would help ?

If Alex's reply didn't help you nothing will.

[Alex23]

Now a reply that actually would help ?

 

So What's your question? How many reps for optimal size gain?

[Rimbaud]

Hi, my name is vinson i have been bodybuilding for about 7 months... I was153lbs or so a year ago now I am 164, 10% body fat my training is:
Day 1 Chest, secondary-Shoulder, Tris
Day 2 Back, Bis,
Day 3  quads,hams,calves

What I am trying to achieve is muscle size rather than strength... At first I would do 5 sets of 15 , what would be the correct # of sets and reps for EXTREME (haha) muscle size. And any workout would be best in achieving this.

What have you been doing so far? Is it working? If so then stick with it. When it stops working &/or slows down (i.e. plateaus) then change it by either adding more or less reps. Just experiment a little on yourself there champ & you'll be fine.

[QuakerOats]

4-6 on everything except calves

[Alex23]

4-6 on everything except calves

QFT. you can also go 8-10 on Quads on occasion. The rest Keep it simple .. at least until you hit a respectable 180+

[QuakerOats]

QFT. you can also go 8-10 on Quads on occasion. The rest Keep it simple .. at least until you hit a respectable 180+

i've never gotten jack shit on ANYTHING but lower reps and a decent amount of sets, do more sets to make up for the relatively low reps.

[Alex23]

i've never gotten jack shit on ANYTHING but lower reps and a decent amount of sets, do more sets to make up for the relatively low reps.

 

Even arms?

[tbombz]

i've never gotten jack shit on ANYTHING but lower reps and a decent amount of sets, do more sets to make up for the relatively low reps.

opposite for me... my boy grows about 10 -12 reps, super sets, drop sets, pump sets....

[QuakerOats]

 

Even arms?

same thing, sometimes a little higher, maybe 8 but never more than that, i do take less rest between sets on stuff like arms though.

[delusional]

Yeah I was looking for optimal size gains basically.

[flexingtonsteele]

i always start to get nagging injuries like sore elbows, bad shoulder pain/pinching, and ungodly sore knees when i lift heavy.

Because of this and advice of a friend, i keep everything above 10 reps, and just pump the muscle up full of blood and move on!

The gains have been rediculous, and ive been pain free ever since i changed my training methods.

[tonymctones]

if youve only been training 7 months i think your getting a little ahead of yourself and you need to drop back to full body workouts with compound movements...just my opinion but like i said if youve only been training for a little while and your splitting your workouts up your probably doing more isolation exercises and you need to be doing deads, squats, bench, dips, chins etc at least until you build up a good base.

[delusional]

I do dips,squats,bench =]
Any other recommendations and/or workouts that are best =]

[tonymctones]

I do dips,squats,bench =]
Any other recommendations and/or workouts that are best =]

dead lifts, military presses, chins, basically all the exercises that you dont see anybody doing.

Do you do dips on a machine or body weight?

[delusional]

cough (machine)

[tonymctones]

cough (machine)

not to be a dick but im not suprised which is why I asked...free weights for bench, squats, deads, military presses...body weight and work up to hanging weight off you for chins and dips...again i think youd do better to do full body workouts or at most 2 day split instead of what you are doing now...imho you have only been training for 7 months...at any rate consistency is key and eat clean with lots of protein and carbs.

[delusional]

actually its almost been a year lol... I weigh 170lb @ about 10% bf six pack shows.. I need to building up on my body weight exercises though.. Sometimes I also get shoulder pains with shoulder(dumbbell) exercises .