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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Curious about lifting...

goldengloves
goldengloves
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Joined: 2003/09/19
United States
2004/04/04, 07:45 PM
I was reading an article and they said instead of doing 3-4 reps per exercise doing 1 rep at the most weight you can handle will will work the same as doing it 3/4 times...Any truth or logic to this just curious?
asimmer
asimmer
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Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2004/04/05, 08:46 AM
BUt be careful. 1 rep max can be a dangerous undertaking.

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