# Strength training? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801 "2024-01-24T16:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jeaves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeaves/32/203410_2.png) [@Jeaves](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jeaves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801/41 "2024-04-24T14:47:55Z")
up to about 12, (with strict form) best thing to workout the back, core/abs is the least, planks suck 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Raindog3030](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raindog3030/32/131635_2.png) [@Raindog3030](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raindog3030)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801/46 "2026-07-15T17:06:40Z")
After restarting my fitness journey several years ago, my go-to routine is still calisthenics and kettlebells with some basic yoga. I picked up a weighted jump rope, but woof, that’s a learning curve 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801/47 "2026-07-15T17:45:07Z")
Remember, if you want to train muscular endurance, do reps of more than 7 in your set. If you want to train pure strength, do reps of less than 5 in your set. I’m forgetting the source, but there was a study or something like that that determined doing 5-7 reps in a set is an unhappy number that confuses your muscles and kinda fails to effectively add either muscle density or pump your muscles. While I forget where I read it I do follow this pretty stringently and i have seen results from when I started following this advice. P.s. this advice applies specifically when working within 90% or more of your 1RM. I don’t know the exact mechanics of optimal reps for lower weights than that. ---
**Author:** ![Tempura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tempura/32/246135_2.png) [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801/48 "2026-07-15T18:31:20Z")
A weight that you can do for 5-15 reps is considered optimal for muscle growth because you won’t be limited by endurance and you aren’t putting a ton of stress on your joints and your nervous system with extremely heavy weights, so it makes it easy to consistently hit failure week after week and progressively overload your muscles. But really there’s nothing magic about the numbers. The reason strength athletes train at lower ranges is really just to teach their body how to fully recruit all of their strength. 1 rep maxes take time to get good at, which is why really big dudes will sometimes be worse than you would expect. ---
**Author:** ![Jeaves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeaves/32/203410_2.png) [@Jeaves](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jeaves)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801/49 "2026-07-15T21:42:54Z")
This was my understanding (after much reading up) also as long as your muscles are near failure at the end of each set then they should grow fine anywhere from 5-30 reps but many sets of 30 would take all day and be really boring 😅 also like you said for maximal efforts you need to train the nervous system to het ready for 1rm [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strength-training/392801.md?page=2)