Strength and BP splits, ? For Rip

[PMDL]

Thx Kyle, am I correct in my thinking that the heavier the weight or the closer to our 1RM for strength that in general the a lower volume of set/reps be used eg 5x5, 3x5, 3x3 etc. And that when training lighter around 70% 1RM for example typical bodybuilding hypertrophy training or RE work then set/rep volume would be higher eg 3x12, 4x8-10 etc?

Is this a decent basic understanding? Thx!

You're about right, more or less. The higher the intensity, the less you'll be able to do in terms of both sets and reps.

What you can handle for 5 sets of 5 will likely be lower in intensity than your true, all-out 5RM, as an example.

RE work for hypertrophy can fall anywhere between 4-12 reps generally speaking, although IME doing multiple sets of more than about 8-10 reps is pretty limited in utility as a main growth stimulus.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Sorry to be less than helpful here, but I don't train bodybuilders, I don't think in terms of muscle groups and body parts, I don't think in terms of simply "sets per bodypart", and I don't actually understand what you're asking me. I deal with performance and strength, seldom merely hypertrophy except as a side-effect.

Rip

[britlifter]

You're about right, more or less. The higher the intensity, the less you'll be able to do in terms of both sets and reps.

What you can handle for 5 sets of 5 will likely be lower in intensity than your true, all-out 5RM, as an example.

RE work for hypertrophy can fall anywhere between 4-12 reps generally speaking, although IME doing multiple sets of more than about 8-10 reps is pretty limited in utility as a main growth stimulus.

Thx PMDL for ur input and I agree about the 8-10 on RE work I like 8 reps per set