Then what do you call them?
Impressive lifts by the way…
lol. If that’s not pumping iron what do you call them? Because you and I are sure you got lots of blood-flow unto your muscles after those sets. lol.
That’s my strength work for those workouts.
I can’t argue with you anymore but… Honestly? I think if all we’re doing here is putting labels on whatever we’re doing, I’d still call it pumping iron.
But of course I have to shut up since you’re the bigger guy. lol
That’s fine. But originally you were calling it pump work, and that is what I was refuting.
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Pumping iron and pump work are different things. At this point I don’t think you know what pump work means. But I would say this too: just because someone is stronger than you, doesn’t mean their arguments trump yours, and I don’t think @T3hPwnisher was pulling that card on you at all. The point is, pump work could be 21s on bicep curls, or 50 rep sets of lateral Raises, or a lot of things, but making a blanket statement that 10 rep sets are pump work is patently false.
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@bapoleon are you by chance @Bee_Brian?
If so, @Chris_Colucci could probably set you up with your old account.
Oh I see.
Yeah yeah. I just assumed they mean the same thing (pump work and pumping iron).
I understand now. This is more of a semantics issue. I think all of us here probably agree with many things save for the way we label what we do.
I put pump work and pumping iron in the same category of semi-endurance focused training style with the intent of hypertrophy as opposed to something like max-effort method of powerlifters.
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My focus is definitely strength on these sets. Hypertrophy work comes later in the workout.
Yes I am. There is no PM function in this forum so I resorted to make a pathetic thread asking for a second chance. It didn’t get approved but since I got past the trial phase, I just assumed I’ve been given that chance.
Hopefully I don’t get banned again…
But yeah, that’s me. And I prefer this account now. New beginning and stuff.
Hi. Please check out my post right before this one. I’m just making sure you know what’s up. Thanks.
Remind me not to slight you in any way, lest you recall my writing style on a forum half a decade later…
Edit: although, it’s quite a distinct writing style…
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Well now that the party is started, why did you get banned for?
Just trolling.
Pump work is work done with the intent of getting as much blood in your muscles as possible. You can achieve that with many different techniques or weight ranges
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Actually I will contribute and throw in a 50 rep non pump work workout.
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I realize I am a few posts behind but I wanted to respond to this.
Apart from being an unbacked claim, this is called the false dilemma fallacy.
You’re saying that like one has to either train like a powerlifter/Olympic lifter, or “pump style.” As if there wasn’t a third/fourth option. This is simply not the case.
What if I told you that I train mostly with higher reps but mine is not “pump” training because I’m not pumping anything, but rather I am taking my sets to failure and using the heaviest possible weights I can use for those higher rep ranges? I don’t think this qualifies as powerlifting. It certainly isn’t Olympic lifting. And I would argue it’s not bodybuilding training either.
Edit:
I just realized the @T3hPwnisher’s post above mine said pretty much the same thing, but with a video, lol
Edit 2:
Okay, actually a lot more posts above said this too. Never mind, that’s what I get for posting before reading through the whole thing.
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Still worth you posting, since you went from hypertrophy training to strength training, and you’ve seen incredible progress, and lots of that strength progress has come from high rep PR sets.
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Yes thank you i’m not pumping at 12 reps but always trying to add weight.
But now i have stalled a little bit, i’ve had to buy tiny small weights to be able to overload.
Shoulder press very difficult to add any kin of weight, bench also is difficult now to do 3x12@50kg
But i stayed at 3000 calorie for this first 3 months of the programme, should i increase at 3100/3200 calories maybe?
It is not easy for me to eat that much but i can try
That’s up to you. And me. But mostly you.
I didn’t see it actually mentioned, but what’s your current height and weight? And what did you weigh when you started training?
Adding weight isn’t the only way to improve and shouldn’t be your only focus. Adding reps with the same weight is also progress.
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