Strength and Hypertrophy

STRENGTH & HYPERTROPHY🚨

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✔️Generally, lower reps are for strength and higher reps are for hypertrophy (size). However, most of us are trying to get bigger and stronger. Additionally, building strength helps with hypertrophy (size) as well. Therefore, you shouldn’t be doing one or the other but instead should incorporate both.
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✔️How you incorporate both can vary. You can follow an upper/lower split or push/pull/legs where you have dedicated strength days and dedicated hypertrophy days. Another option is to start every workout with a main compound lift (like bench or squats) and work in low rep ranges for strength. After that lift, the rest of the workout would be focused on hypertrophy (higher reps). A third option is to separate your training into blocks focused on strength cycles and hypertrophy cycles.
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✔️Theoretically, you can gain strength without gaining size although the two go hand in hand and incorporating both will likely yield better results no matter what your primary goal is. Furthermore, you should always be focused on progressive overload (adding more weight and/or reps over time) on both strength and hypertrophy workouts if you want to continue progressing.
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