Traditionally we use Heavy Weights with 3-5 reps to build muscle strength and use Moderate Weights for 8-12 reps to build muscle growth. However more research (Mangine et al 2015 for example) has been coming out challenges that strategy. They compared Heavy Lifting at “70% of 1RM at 8-12 reps with 1 min rest between …
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Drop Sets, Do They Work?
What is a drop set? There is a lot of ways to do this, but in general, drop sets are where you take a set to muscular failure and then immediately reduce the load by a pre-determined percentage or amount and pump out more reps until you hit failure again. Where did Drop Sets come …