Is lifting lighter weights for more reps completely useless or just less optimal than lifting heavy if the volume is the same?My body is made of glass and I gain a new month-long injury during every heavy workout attempt.
If you go to actual failure, you can go as high as 30 reps with the same results for hypertrophy.
who caresFrequency matters more than both considering high volume/intensity have been shown to yield the same results Do whatever works for you as long as you work harder each time
>>77257403just doing about 20 useless reps and wasting time in the process
>>77257405If the alternative is fucking your shit up, 20 wasted reps seems like a good deal.
>>77257390Less optimal on time. Both the extreme ends of rep ranges tend to injure connective tissue more than fortify it. If you're doing free weighed primarily stick to moderate ranges if you're glass built. If you're doing machine compounds you can go heavier safer so it's worth it there. Also if you're anywhere in the intermediate ranges you gotta warm up. 1 warmup set and 2 quality sets is going to be worth more in the long run than 3 sets with no warmup.
