The big abs debate...

[Danny Gunz]

though if you did your 200 curls in like 5 sets of 40 at 20-40% your 1 rep max then finshed them up with like 3 1 rep max curls you would be building speed, endurance, strength, and explosive strength instead of just strength.

granted you wont gain strength as quickly but the increases in endurance and speed with out increases in size make up for it.

not really, 1 rep maxes dont do very much in building muscle or explosiveness.

[Spartacus Sully]

not really, 1 rep maxes dont do very much in building muscle or explosiveness.

did you see the part about with out increases in size? i'm not one for building muscle at least not bulky muscle not quite sure why people would opt for size instead of density for increasing their abilities. as well 1 rep maxes do help with explosiveness even if your going at the pace of a snail though a pace where your giving it your all would be better.

if you want to do more for explosiveness maybe try a set of 5 reps at 70-80% 1rm after the 5 sets of 40 at 40% 1rm though the 3 sets of 1 rep max would do much more for building peak explosive strength. also the set of 5 reps will build more muscle and it tends to be the bulky kind when its all your doing though im not sure how the muscle would grow if you had done 200 reps right before hand.

but if your not doing the long reps with lighter weights your just going to be big strong slow and explosive for about 5 seconds every 30 seconds......now what kind of athlete does that sound like? (football player)