Article: Are You Lifting Too Heavy?

iBulk said:
Great read. So many people should be reading this. It's not all about 1RMs, folks.
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For people powerlifting like myself, it's kind of about the 1RM ;)

This obviously isn't relevant to accruing maximum size, but to say people don't care what you lift in a gym is codswallop. Lots of people with different goals train at the same gym, and there will be lifters who will judge you by your strength - not that you should care what they think.
 
Great artical

iBulk said:
Great read. So many people should be reading this. It's not all about 1RMs, folks.
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This needs to be herd more often. Wish I would have listened to both my body and my experience before a listened to those "heavy duty" fans.
Now I got a torn pec from going to heavy. My neuromuscular system was capable of moving the weight but my body wasn't.
 
Hyde said:
For people powerlifting like myself, it's kind of about the 1RM ;)

This obviously isn't relevant to accruing maximum size, but to say people don't care what you lift in a gym is codswallop. Lots of people with different goals train at the same gym, and there will be lifters who will judge you by your strength - not that you should care what they think.
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I think the message might be that even if your ultimate goal is 1RM strength, training the lower weight/higher rep range is still essential to build the foundation for the maximal efforts.
 
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