[quote]Dan_ecto23 wrote:
My trainning partner is gaining and he is natural, now i have this diet plan sorted i feel alot better and im not paying attention to how my body looks (getting on with it without thinking too much). I feel i train until i fail. My routine don’t change that much. I’ll do this most weeks: mon-chest n tri’s, tues- back n bi’s, wednesday- legs, thursday off,friday shoulders and abs,sat and sun off. i train until fail on heavy but strength training so im doing 5 sets of 5reps.[/quote]
Sorry your getting a tough time on this thread.
Personally, I need more reps than 5. I get stronger with 5’s, but the muscle just does not follow. Especially for legs.
Menno did a couple of articles on rep ranges for hypertrophy and here is one of the links Muscle Specific Hypertrophy: Biceps, Back, and Lower Body
To add to this point, look again at King Beef’s ‘Do This Routine Instead of That Dumb One’ thread and look at the routine he started with. This time look at the rep ranges…not a 5 in sight!