>New research is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights for fewer repetitions. It is the latest in a series of studies that started in 2010, contradicting the decades-old message that the best way to build muscle is to lift heavy weights.
>"Lift to the point of exhaustion and it doesn't matter whether the weights are heavy or light."
Yeah, sure. Do sets of 15 reps with 135 and you'll be squatting 5plate in no time.
Cameron Stewart
>team of dyel fags find that weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle, build strength.
Great, so instead of curling 55lb Dumbbells until failure I can curl 5lb Dumbbells until failure and get the same results! Thanks I'm going to try this!
Justin Wright
>"Lift to the point of exhaustion and it doesn't matter whether the weights are heavy or light." Good to know. Makes sense, like "lose weight by eating less calories" as opposed to some hyper-specific fad diet.
Jordan Long
>didn't read the article
Austin Murphy
It didn't say get stronger dipshit
Landon Diaz
> The other group lifted heavier weights (up to 90 per cent of maximum strength) for eight to 12 repetitions. >up to 90 per cent of maximum strength >eight to 12 repetitions
Then why does the title say this: >Lighter weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle, build strength, research shows
Christopher Cooper
they define 8-12 as "lower-repetition" and 20-25 as "higher-repetition"
what they're saying is there's no advantage in doing 20-25 reps over 8-12 reps, so why would you waste your time doing a fuckton of reps and feeling like you're burning inside?
Evan Adams
>he can't do 12 reps with his 1RM
Colton Lopez
Common pop-sci tactic to bait readers. The real science is in the paper, the article is a brief description.
Justin Murphy
>He's never heard of the 20 squat set >Summerfag detected
Brody Lewis
Everyone already knew this. If youre a fag who only cares about aesthetics then lighter weights with more reps are the way to go.
Jordan Roberts
90% for those reps you dildo
Jack Wright
If you do extremely light lifting after exerting yourself heavily beforehand, your muscles can still get really tested.
A 5-pound weight feels a fuckton heavier if you've already exhausted your muscles.
Jack White
The real reason I do heavy sets with low reps is because I don't want to spend two fucking hours in the gym.
So the routine was mem-tier bullshit. No wonder they gained HARDLY ANY strength in either group.
Dylan Ross
"Our data show that in resistance-trained individuals, load, when exercises are performed to volitional failure, does not dictate hypertrophy or, for the most part, strength gains" so....you can just do whatever the fuck you want to failure and get the same results as somebody else doing something else to failure
Tyler Sullivan
The fact that they were already 'resistance trained' is worth noting, because people who're already trained past the novice stage respond to training in a markedly different way, and make muscle and strength gains more slowly.
The workout they're describing probably isn't enough to stimulate much of anything in an individual who's been seriously lifting for 2 years.
Parker Perez
>why would you waste your time doing a fuckton of reps While I think 25 reps is absurd, many of you are doing 3x5 routines at a weight that's close to your 1rm and I constantly see posts complaining about pain and form. So if you lowered the weight and did a few more reps instead, it could be easier for you to maintain form. Instead of chasing a bigger number.
William Turner
>they define 8-12 as "lower-repetition" and 20-25 as "higher-repetition" 20-25 reps WITH HALF THE WEIGHT you illiterate moron. read the fucking article.
Isaiah Clark
Holy fuck that's the most autistic "full body split" I've ever seen
Grayson Perez
>The real reason I do heavy sets with low reps is because I don't want to spend two fucking hours in the gym. welp, there is this.
but maybe the point is to do reps until "failure" and not focus on weight too much.
Thomas Thomas
>The workout they're describing probably isn't enough to stimulate much of anything in an individual who's been seriously lifting for 2 years. Or maybe you're missing the point on the function of muscles and how they respond to stress- which is what this study is about.
Nathan Richardson
>Implying I'm gonna trust a bunch of nerds
Jordan Davis
Interesting. I literally don't believe anything I hear unless someone has a relevant degree so this is the first bit on info posted on Veeky Forums I might actually take seriously.