>There are multiple studies[1] showing that lifting to exhaustion yields the same results regardless of the weight and number of reps Worth noting: for both of

>There are multiple studies[1] showing that lifting to exhaustion yields the same results regardless of the weight and number of reps Worth noting: for both of the studies cited the high end of reps for light weight is 25 while the low end for reps in heavy is 8, both well within "conventional wisdom". What I mean by that is not that conventional wisdom is right, but that the truth probably lies somewhere in there, frankly the state of things is one that I hate, I'd love to be able to just take an exercise plan tested and true, the most similar thing I've found is Julian's Shapiro workout plan[1] which, from a google search, doesn't even have a good reputation in different fitness communities. Would love a larger discussion about that but it isn't that popular to begin with. >My friend is a physical therapist and shocked me by saying almost nothing they do has been verified by double-blind trials. I'll one-up you here. A friend of mine is a physical therapist and as such most of my friends who exercise follow her word as gospel. Said gospel states that rest times above 90 seconds are way too much and that they should be preferably kept to 40 to 60 seconds. All I can argue is that about nothing points to that being optimal but it's not my field so it gets complicated. [1] https://www.julian.com/guide/muscle/workout-plans https://www.julian.com/guide/muscle/workout-plans Sidenote: why in the world is that site not allowing me to press the wheel to scroll by moving the cursor?