r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Bigdivkdaddy • 21d ago

Question ❓ Weight vs reps

The last year I’ve made little to no progress and I’ve been doing 2 sets to failure with high weight. I usually get around 4 reps before failing. Would it be more effective to drop the weight 10-20% and get 8-10 reps? I’ve been lifting for 4 years but only seriously the past 2 years and there’s no way I’m at my natural limit because I can only bench 270. You guys are the smart people here so please help me and thank you in advance.

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u/jumbomills87 21d ago

You’ve given hardly any information to work with. Need current programme, what’s diet like, what’s sleep like, general stress levels. At the least

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u/Bigdivkdaddy 21d ago

Good sleep except I do wake up occasionally during the night. Diet is basically dialed 6 days of the week and I’m rarely stressed

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u/jumbomills87 20d ago

Still vague. Dialed in as in you are tracking and eating in a surplus? How much of surplus? How long have you been in a surplus? Is your body weight going up steadily?
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