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Sets and reps are the terms used to describe the number of times you perform an exercise. A rep is the number of times you perform a specific exercise, and a set is the number of cycles of reps that you complete. For example, suppose you complete 15 reps of a bench press, that equals 1 set.<\/p>\n
No matter how many reps you\u2019re completing per set, most fitness experts recommend performing between two and six sets for each exercise. Although even 1 set work, pushed to the right level has shown to be beneficial if time is an issue.<\/p>\n
STRENGTH TRAINING POINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Gym lore says that rep range determines whether you\u2019ll build strength, muscle, or endurance. However, load, speed, and \u201ctime under tension\u201d are actually more important than the number of reps.<\/p>\n Your body reacts best to what\u2019s new, so it\u2019s worth employing various training styles. Whilst rep ranges are a useful guide, we must keep in mind that training our bodies is a physiological process that relies on adapting to a specific stress. It is the quantity and quality of that stressor, and subsequent recovery, that determines progress, rather than a specific number of repetitions.<\/p>\n So, the quality of the exercise, the weight you are lifting and hitting that failure feeling is most important. For beginners lifting a big weight and hitting 6 reps may be daunting but doing a lighter weight for 20 reps is more manageable.<\/p>\n WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sets and reps are the terms used to describe the number of times you perform an exercise. A rep is the number of times you perform a specific exercise, and a set is the number of cycles of reps that you complete. For example, suppose you complete 15 reps of a bench press, that equals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Of course, the rep range you choose requires scaling your weights: You can lift heavier weights if you\u2019re doing fewer reps.<\/p>\n\n