Andrew Huberman· PhD
I do a couple of warm-up sets keeping the reps slow on the warm-ups
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I do a couple of warm-up sets keeping the reps slow on the warm-ups
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For me, including a few more warm-up sets with progressively heavier weight on each warm up but still keeping the total repetition count low, so somewhere in the range of 2 to 6 repetitions, has been very beneficial for improving my work output during the so-called work sets regardless of whether or not I'm training in the 3 to 5 repetition range or whether or not I'm training in the 6 to 15 repetition range.
So for me, keeping the repetition count on any individual warm up set pretty low has allowed me to really improve my strength output and really improve my strength and hypertrophy training when I shift to the so-called work sets.