Your Opinion on Volume

[rbush28]

I hear people saying that you shouldnt mix high volume and frequency together.

so what rep ranges would u consider to be high or low or moderate?

for example

lets say on monday you use 5x5 bench press,
this would equal 25 reps in total volume for the chest.

so what total volume would be considered high, moderate, low?

[jstreet0204]

http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1764218

Volume: this refers to the total amount of work done during a workout. Technically, volume is equal to the number of reps, times the weight used, times the number of sets. For example, if you perform 5 sets of 10 reps with 200 pounds on an exercise, your volume was 10,000 pounds.

In bodybuilding circles, however, volume is most often referred as the number of sets per muscle group; less than 6 sets per muscle being considered low volume, 6-9 moderate, 10-16 average, 17-20 high, and over 20 very high volume.

This is obviously not a comprehensive glossary of strength training words or techniques, but it will allow you to understand the basics, and should help you on your way.

[ZeusNathan]

Nice excerpt jstreet. you cant find volume without knowing the weight being used. what volume is best? that depends on you.

[kayveeay]

[quote]rbush28 wrote:
Your opinion on volume
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I dunno, you’d have to ask my g/f…