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Originally posted by nash
How about either? How would I go about training for either?
I don't like the size that I'm getting but I don't want to just stop hitting the weights. I know that what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. Currently I've just reached the ability to bench 3 sets of 10 with those dumbbells. I can probably squeeze out a few more each set, but I've been saving the energy for other exercises later (i.e., inclines, declines, maybe dips). Should I continue to increase the reps I do for this weight?
Or should I go and do more sets and reps at a lower weight. Since I don't have access to a gym right now, the next lower set of dumbbells i have is 25 lbs lighter each. Should I just use those? I don't know the max number of reps I can do with those yet. I'll have to try some time this week.
On a side note, I guess I'm trying to "body-unbuild" rather than bodybuild. Heh.
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Well, weight training is pretty much the only way to build gross strength, but, as our rather boorish rookie mentioned, it will cause you to gain body mass.
Endurance, on the other hand, can be built with very little increase in body mass. If you are interested in such a routine, the high reps/low wieght is a good method, but I reccomend doing various types of push-ups and sit-ups (leg lifts, flutter kicks, supine bicycle, etc). Suppliment this with a good run two or three times a week (I rotate sprints with a long run).
Gross strength may impress the other muscle-heads at the gym, but endurance is far more practicle in everyday life.