Lifting Light Weights

Lifting light weights can help you reach your fitness goals

Some people think that heavy weights is all you need to lift if you want to get big and that would be a big mistake! If you want to build ripped, athletic muscle and size you have to lift in more than just one rep range...including lifting light weights. You must go heavy as well.

Lifting light weights can build muscle but you have to take them to failure. I am A big fan of working to failure or submax failure. If you lift light weights and don't take your sets to failure then you are likely just wasting your time in the gym. Unless your goal is to stimulate blood flow or you are recovering from an injury, this type of sub maximal lifting will simply not be enough to create overload needed for growth or improvement

You Will See Results

Additionally, light weights allow you to do many of the best set intensifying techniques. Things like drop sets, run the rack sets, burnouts and more all utilize lighter weights (dumbbells or bars). If your weightlifting workouts are not including these types of set extending techniques then you likely are not pushing your body hard enough to see optimal results.

Even the muscle fiber types that are engaged with lighter weightlifting is changed depending on the load used. The smart trainer will be sure that when you perform your workouts that you are performing some of these high rep workouts along with your lower rep workouts for the most well rounded development.

The take-away.
Try going light on your next chest day, but instead of counting reps just go to you can't move the bar. I spotter would be recommended.

… Just do something. The results will Come!!!!

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