Rep Range

Good Morning,

So I have been getting a lot of questions from guys and girls a like. The question is always the same in different words.

To get big I need to go heavier and less reps right? (Usually from guys)
To tone up I need to to light weights and a lot of reps right? (Usually girls)

Most people think that somewhere within their workout they are not getting the results they want because of reps. The majority of people in the gym that I see, have form issues on nearly every exercise. Form is a lot more then just keeping your back straight and keeping yourself from throwing out your back. Form is the ability to place tension on the specific muscle intended on being worked. The load that you plan to lift for that exercise must be light enough to preform enough reps to make it difficult to contract that muscle. If the weight is too heavy you will not grow, if it is too light you will tone up. So my person belief on rep range is go light until you fully get the reps out the way they should be done.

Now for people who are concerned about "getting too jacked" mainly girls. Getting jacked is a matter of diet exercise and progressive overload of weights. If you are not eating a massive amount of calories you will not get jacked. You need to eat to be jacked, lift to be jacked, and supplement to get jacked. Girls can workout like men and still look like girls. Actually most girls who do workout like men see better results and are more happy with their progress. I feel that if you are not leaving the gym without a swollen feeling after a workout even for a girl, you will not get the progress you want.

For more information on how to properly perform workouts and rep information keep following my blog I will try and post some new information on workouts every day.


Frank