Workout quesition

[6andcounting]

Everyone has pretty much hit on this, but the 3 to 5 rep range is best for gaining strength. 8-12 is best for building bigger muscles. The key is using weight that is appropriate the amounts of reps your. Doing 3 reps of a weight you could do 8 on is not going to give you strength and flying through a set of 10 and only stopping because you had no more fingers to count isn't going to bulge your muscles.

I'm more likely to feel sore after doing a 3x10 workout of something than if I go heavier and do it as a 5x5. Idk, why it ends up like that, but it means don't just equate the amount of soreness with how much gains you're going to get.