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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 462585" data-attributes="member: 53362"><p>I started taking the weights part of my training very seriously a few years ago, doing compound exercises high weight/low rep and taking lots of protien but found I was getting heavy and struggled to get round the pitch, I was stronger but was that out of breath in the last 20 it didnt advantage me at all at the breakdown (I play flanker). So I started doing high rep pyramid exercises. So I would bench press a much lower weight but do 15 reps, then add 2.5kg weight and do another 12-15 reps, add another 2.5kg really push for 12-15 reps then take off 2.5 kg and go backwards until I was back at my origanal weight again pushing to do 15 reps. This is much harder work IMO than the high weight low rep. I lost a bit of weight and was able to go at a more constant work rate during the game. I also binned the weightgain 4000 protien shakes and now take a simple recovery drink after exercise. This worked for me but Im not claiming it will work for everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 462585, member: 53362"] I started taking the weights part of my training very seriously a few years ago, doing compound exercises high weight/low rep and taking lots of protien but found I was getting heavy and struggled to get round the pitch, I was stronger but was that out of breath in the last 20 it didnt advantage me at all at the breakdown (I play flanker). So I started doing high rep pyramid exercises. So I would bench press a much lower weight but do 15 reps, then add 2.5kg weight and do another 12-15 reps, add another 2.5kg really push for 12-15 reps then take off 2.5 kg and go backwards until I was back at my origanal weight again pushing to do 15 reps. This is much harder work IMO than the high weight low rep. I lost a bit of weight and was able to go at a more constant work rate during the game. I also binned the weightgain 4000 protien shakes and now take a simple recovery drink after exercise. This worked for me but Im not claiming it will work for everyone. [/QUOTE]
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