Pumping iron: Lighter weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle, build strength

Posted by on July 12, 2016 1:42 pm
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New research is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights for fewer repetitions. It is the latest in a series of studies that started in 2010, contradicting the decades-old message that the best way to build muscle is to lift heavy weights.

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