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Ye if you're going more hypertrophy than caring about strength generally a bit lower weight and higher reps is generally the way people go. It's not that lower rep sets don't also stimulate hypertrophy, but lighter weights for more reps are generally easier to recover from, so can do more volume, for more hypertrophy. So I'd go for something more in the 8-15 rep range, use progressive overload (make sure you're adding more somehow regularly - whether that's more reps per set, more weight, more sets, whatever), eat well, you'll get somewhere.
All depends on what kinda thing you're looking for in terms of days in the gym / simplicity / whatever, but liftvault.com is a good resource when looking for a program.
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Hah actual size, for pure aesthetics. I can build upper body very easily but lower has always been a struggle given my height/genetics.
I don't need any particular strength for endurance sports so if I can focus on weight/reps that focus on hypertrophy I'd like to do that. Presume it's relatively simple?
Take the point on nutrition, and that's the other motivation to focus on gym for a bit - whilst not dieting exactly I've been v careful on not having any surplus calories for this (bike) racing season so looking forward to being able to eat what will probably be a lot more.