If you only get 3 reps on your set...

Get Your FREE Workout & Diet Plan:

Premium Quality, Science-Based Supplements:
(Save 10% with coupon code YOUTUBE10)

Connect With Me:

#fitness #gym #workout #buildmuscle #bodybuilding

[SeanNalewanyjShorts]

My brand new "TrainWise" app is set for launch on January 21st. DM me the word "VIP" on Instagram (or visit SeanNal.com/VIP) to receive priority notification and a lifetime 20% off discount when the app is ready.

TrainWise will condense my 20+ years of fitness knowledge and experience into one place, providing all the tools and information you need to build your best physique ever in 2025, including:

☑️ 5 regularly updated training splits
☑️ 100+ video exercise tutorials
☑️ 5+ hours educational video content
☑️ Progress tracking tools
☑️ Community support

[Dirtmanreal]

3 reps with 10 in reserve ❌️
3 reps with 0 in reserve ✅️

[SeanNalewanyjShorts]

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

I never intentionally aim for 3 reps and am not saying you should either if the goal is hypertrophy…

But in the rare event that it does happen, it’s by no means a “wasted set” and will still provide a solid muscle building stimulus.

People will have an off day or miscalculate the load and then believe the set was somehow ineffective because “1-3 reps is for strength”.

Nope, it’s still 3 stimulative reps that all count towards growth, and you don’t need to add in an extra set to make up for it.

It’s roughly the last 5 reps of a set before failure that provide a hypertrophy stimulus to some extent (at least in people who aren’t complete beginners), and a set of 3 is simply starting you off closer to failure from the outset.

Not to mention that reps 4 and 5 away from failure won’t be as stimulative as reps 3, 2 and 1 (try doing all your sets at 4-5RIR and see what kind of gains you make long term), so you’re probably getting a fairly close to maximal stimulus from a 3 rep set anyway.

I personally do almost everything in the 4-7 range, including smaller isolation lifts.

You don’t NEED to train in rep ranges that low (if proximity to failure is equated then pretty much any rep range will produce similar gains), but I do think low to moderate reps are ideal (at least as the foundation) since they’re easier to train to failure on and for less fatigue/demand on recovery.

[wadedeclifford]

The most honest and down to earth fitness influencer out there, much respect my man!

[pqr]

shoulder/arm muscle separation is looking 🔥

[Mr.Trenton]

One knowledgeable dedicated bodybuilder!

I’ve trained for 40 years, competed in the 90s and won local shows ( all natural).

If I didn’t overtrain soo much, I know I could have made better gains, problem was I read too many muscle magazines!!
Once I learned about the body’s recovery process and how all this ties into gains, more intensity, less volume, more days off, eat properly,
Life is Good!

[floriana.]

I love the content you provide and the no bull shit approach of yours. It’s exactly, what the internet and to be honest, people in real life too, need. Thanks 🙏

[j-r-m]

Best fitness channel on YouTube. I love this guy. He’s a legit natural and still has a tremendous physique. I don’t think he has ever said anything about working out or nutrition that I’ve disagreed with.

[YouTubeCommenter]

When you’re a chill guy and know consistently working hard is how you progress at anything in life

[CharleyFone-to]

My new gym saying: ‘Progress is progress’
I check in with my body each time I arrive, scope out some ways to make some progress in the time I’m there then call it a day when I know I’ve made progress.
I gym not to prove anything to anyone but because I have other goals in life that I want to lay a strong foundation of health for :-)

[AuzReaper]

Please Sean never change Love from Darwin Australia❤️

[honthuyoutube]

Make the reps count❌
Make the reps solve a whole maths problem ✅

[SolomonClarkeFitness]

I wonder when Sean will get back to long form videos

[AshOn_YT]

Failure for progress, more reps for endurance

[AdvyDeven]

Omg IM ACTUALLY THIS CHILL GUY. I feel so validated right now lol

[blueday]

Your form is always a thing to behold. Beautiful.

[terrywhelan]

I benchpress at 4 reps, generally increasing the weights 5 to 10 lbs every 6 to 8 weeks.
Full range with slow eccentrics gives me good mind to muscle connections, and really strengthens the stabilizer muscles.
I find doing higher reps tires me out faster.
I'm 65 and work out nearly every day.
Push, pull, legs twice a week.
I feel great if I don't tax my central nervous system, which this low rep high weight seems to help.

[him]

Im glad I came across this short. I sometimes do it, and I absolutely love it.

[snp]

I agree, some days I have these moments at the gym and it's fine with me, I like doing time under tension for all my lifts because it works for me and I see results.

[flammmenspeeryt]

Doing something is infinitely superior to doing nothing.