Q&A: Powerlifting for Muscle Growth? - Over-60 Hypertrophy Training - Big and Strong Series for High Reps?
This is my 2nd Q&A article. If you want to read the first one, click HERE . Here are some random questions that I received of late. Question: Can I use the 3 powerlifts as the only exercises in my program but do them for higher reps in order to build muscle? Answer: Maybe. (I know readers don’t care much for it, but as I pointed out in our 1st Q&A piece, the answer to a lot of questions is “maybe” or “it depends.”) So, also, it depends. I think the squat and the bench press should be mainstays of all hypertrophy programs, or at least the squat and the bench along with some iterations. Ultimately, you wouldn’t want to just do squats for your legs or bench presses for your chests. But squats along with front squats and lunges would be about all you need. Bench presses along with dumbbell benches and incline bench presses, both the barbell and dumbbell version, would also be...