Assessing volume and progress

[Bumbba]

Hey I just wanted opinion on this.

I am currently counting my total sets per week as my overall volume (each set from RPE 6-9) with rep ranges from 6-10 on each set.
I was wondering if a set 4 reps with rpe of 8 is the same as a set 8 reps with rpe of 8 is the same in terms of muscle growth?
Is that the same amount of "volume"? that would generate the "same" amount of muscle mass or would you rather want someone count their reps per week as total volume?

I read an article by Greg Nuckols on rep ranges https://www.strongerbyscience.com/hy...-fact-fiction/

New question:
Could I complete my sets with ramping reps? Meaning I would do a set starting from 6 with a weight of 60kg and continue with that weight till I reach 12 reps with that weight and then increase my load? Is this a good way to approach training?
This is a followup to the earlier question of what do you count as volume? Is this "ramping up" approach increasing my volume or is it just a form of peridiozation?

Hope you understand this text!

1 week: 12 sets
2 week 14 sets
3 week 16 sets
Rince and repeat until I stop progressing and increase the amount of sets. Is this just dumb?

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Bumbba,

I think that 4 reps probably drives a similar amount of hypertrophy as 8 reps over a single set in addition to their being a large inter-individual variance in how someone responds. That said, I don't see the need to focus on a single rep range to the exclusion of others in a training plan.

Could I complete my sets with ramping reps? Meaning I would do a set starting from 6 with a weight of 60kg and continue with that weight till I reach 12 reps with that weight and then increase my load? Is this a good way to approach training?

You could, but I don't think that's a great way to program for hypertrophy or strength.

This is a followup to the earlier question of what do you count as volume? Is this "ramping up" approach increasing my volume or is it just a form of peridiozation?

I counts reps x sets as volume. If you're doing more reps and the same number of sets, that's increasing volume, sure.

There are a lot of other variables in play with respect to your question about increasing sets, e.g. average intensity, exercise selection, etc. I don't think you need to increase sets each week to see results.

-Jordan

[Bumbba]

Thank you, this clarified.
-Bumbba