08/07/2022
Confused over what to do ?, lift heavy or do more reps ! 🤔
Anyone who hits the weight room regularly will inevitably face the question: Should you add more weight and do fewer reps, or use a lighter weight and do more reps?🤔
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Once you’ve been following a fitness program for a while, you’ll eventually hit a fitness plateau —It sucks but it’s normal, and happens to everyone.
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✅Hint: It involves a lot more than lifting super-heavy weight or banging out more reps in isolation. To get out of a rut, you actually need a combination of:
1️⃣ Muscle damage: that hurts-so-good soreness after a workout
2️⃣ Mechanical tension: the sheer strain of lifting something heavy
3️⃣ Metabolic stress: that “burn” you feel from your muscle really working
Both heavy-weight and high-rep training check those three boxes to ultimately build strength. Either path you take, you’re making gains
There is no wrong decision here, When you lift more weight, add more reps, or do both appropriately with good form, you’re nudging your body toward continually improved fitness and strength. Mixing it up a bit to keep yourself motivated and to see progress 💪
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