5 Advantages to Lifting Light Weight
Hot Tub vs. Sauna: Which is Better for Immunity? Are Your Joints 'Popping'? BIG RAMY WINS THE 2021 OLYMPIA! With the right plan and the right discipline, you can get seriously shredded in just 28 days. Talented stars, killer physiques. At age 62, "Big Bill" shares his wisdom to dominate one of the ultimate strength marks. Follow these fit women we're crushing on for inspiration, workout ideas, and motivation. Studies show that decreasing the load on your lifts can lead to greater muscle gains. It’s a means to an end - lifting heavy. But truth of the matter is, lifting lighter weights can be an effective method in itself if you want to put on muscle. In fact, not only has research shown that lifting lighter offers results that are comparable to lifting big, but logically speaking, it offers more advantages too. Strap up your muscles and give this lifting technique a try for greater growth. In a ground-breaking study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that effort, not load, can actually increase muscle growth.
Upending the commonly-accepted training philosophy that hypertrophy occurs only through heavy lifting, the study demonstrated that subjects who lifted lighter weights until reaching muscular failure can gain just as much size and strength as guys who pull big. Moreover, testosterone and growth hormone - markers of hypertrophic growth - were found to be as elevated in subjects who lifted to failure with light weights, as in subjects who hoisted heavier at a lower rep range. The key is in the effort exerted, explains Robert Morton, PhD candidate in kinesiology and lead author of the study. "If you want to get bigger, what drives muscle growth is how much effort, not load, you lift with. Lighter loads also allow the movement to be performed through the full range of motion.
Hot Tub vs. Sauna: Which is Better for Immunity? Are Your Joints 'Popping'? BIG RAMY WINS THE 2021 OLYMPIA! With the right plan and the right discipline, you can get seriously shredded in just 28 days. Talented stars, killer physiques. At age 62, "Big Bill" shares his wisdom to dominate one of the ultimate strength marks. Follow these fit women we're crushing on for inspiration, workout ideas, and motivation. Studies show that decreasing the load on your lifts can lead to greater muscle gains. It’s a means to an end - lifting heavy. But truth of the matter is, lifting lighter weights can be an effective method in itself if you want to put on muscle. In fact, not only has research shown that lifting lighter offers results that are comparable to lifting big, but logically speaking, it offers more advantages too. Strap up your muscles and give this lifting technique a try for greater growth. In a ground-breaking study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that effort, not load, can actually increase muscle growth.
Upending the commonly-accepted training philosophy that hypertrophy occurs only through heavy lifting, the study demonstrated that subjects who lifted lighter weights until reaching muscular failure can gain just as much size and strength as guys who pull big. Moreover, testosterone and growth hormone - markers of hypertrophic growth - were found to be as elevated in subjects who lifted to failure with light weights, as in subjects who hoisted heavier at a lower rep range. The key is in the effort exerted, explains Robert Morton, PhD candidate in kinesiology and lead author of the study. "If you want to get bigger, what drives muscle growth is how much effort, not load, you lift with. Lighter loads also allow the movement to be performed through the full range of motion.