Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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low weight, high reps?

mattopre
mattopre
Posts: 1
Joined: 2002/06/16
Canada
2004/03/11, 06:30 PM
I was reading a muscle mag today at the gym when I was on the cycle, and it said that sometimes the best way to get more definition in your muscles is to lessen the weight, and increase the number of repetitions. Anyone know the truth to this? Will this just further the endurance of the muscle or will it help increase the overall size of the muscle?
bb1fit
bb1fit
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Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2004/03/11, 07:08 PM
Only do this for a short period of time, and supersetting would be ideal. If you do this for too long(light weight), your body will realize you don't need as much muscle mass and use it for energy. Extra muscle is but a burden on the body, and it will devour it if not needed, less maintenance. So, keep the weights as heavy as you can for the most part.:dumbbell:

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