Originally Posted by
henryjones
A person does 3 x 5 with 180kg (sets across)
Same person does 15 singles with 200kg instead of the above.
Question:
Which gives him bigger (therefore stronger) muscles?
Rip says “When you program for strength, you are programming for size”. Santana says “Strength Training IS Hypertrophy Training”.
Question:
Why do many coaches, including Andy Baker, sometimes prescribe for strength and hypertrophy separately?
Andy Baker on Top Set / Back Off Set programming:
“This is mainly a hypertrophy based programming method. While you can certainly get stronger with this method (and even massively stronger) the way that I use this tends to be in the context of someone training for more muscle mass.”