Depends on the individual imo. I hardly ever go below 8 reps anymore. Overhead I'm going very light, 20-30 reps. "Go heavy or go home" for me translates to "Go heavy, get injured."
wrong. you dont get injured by going heavy, you get injured by training incorrectly- whether its improper form, improper warm up, lack of stretching, etc. you wont grow much at all after a while if you never go below 8 reps, simply because the weight your using will not be increasing quick enough, if its increasing any at all.
Hmmm, I personally know guys in their 40's that are doing PLing meets......seems they go pretty heavy.
yuppppp. age is a number people sometimes hide behind..
In my opinon I think that it's good to go really heavy (not more than 6 reps or so) if you aren't already super strong ie benching over 300 for 5 or 6 reps. Then when one does get super strong then I think it's a good idea to switch to higher reps, but I don't know for sure since I ain't super strong LOL!
some truth to this, but eventually the guy would start to have to lift heavy again or else he would hit a platue and be unable to move past it.
I go heavy for teh first 1-2 exercises and try to get 6-10 reps.
Then as the workout progresses I go 'lighter' but do more reps and a bit faster.
good
I like to do my high rep set first when it comes to squats. Makes the heavier set(s) seem a lot less dangerous.
makes sense
