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This is not really 'unconventional wisdom' to be honest (maybe in the 'bro-science' circles) However, at the same time, you're not getting hypertrophy from too
by raverbashing 4y ago
This is not really 'unconventional wisdom' to be honest (maybe in the 'bro-science' circles)
However, at the same time, you're not getting hypertrophy from too many reps at a low % of 1RM (let's say, under 30%)
Edit: I can accept the 30% they give at the article, that's not such a low rep load (before the 50% I had there)
And of course you can train to failure at 30% - the number of repetitions around 35 as it can be seen in the quoted article in fig 4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404827/
- foruhar 4y agoI once had physical therapist who got quite far in the amateur natural body building world by only lifting 1lb weights. He was getting a PhD in Anatomy(!) and wanted to demonstrate that you don't need to lift heavy to get hypertrophy. Although he did not recommend this approach as the most time-efficient, he emphasized that gains can be made at the extreme end of the low weight-high volume spectrum.
- crazygringo 4y agoWhat you say directly contradicts the article. Do you have scientific studies to contrast against theirs, since the whole point of the article is to contrast intuitive "broscience" against what studies actually show?