Originally Posted by
BTinNYC
Regarding lifting heavy, which I take as "to failure or close to failure", there's a recent study showing that lots of reps at lower weight was just as effective at building strength. Testing college athletes not us old guys, and of course that kind of workout takes much longer.
What I was saying when I was talking about doing 30 reps to start with, somewhere upthread, though I think it's still important to not be able to complete set 3. I think a good definition of "building strength" is getting so one can lift more weight. In fact, I can't think of another. How else can one know that one is getting stronger? One can't tell how much one can lift if one doesn't know how much one cannot lift. Link to that study?