Sure, I can use that, it makes sense.

Today's workout, I lifted heaviER. Not my absolute max for 8 reps, 'cause it still worries me a little. My plan, for now, is to do strength training twice a week with once heavy and once lighter with more reps.

My point was, perhaps poorly written, was that so much that we see in popular media, Youtube etc. is so dogmatic. This Is The Way! When so many of us are just trying to find a method that is doable, challenging but not so difficult that it is a chore to be avoided.

OK, one other bone to pick: in our local newspaper their is a weekly column about health and fitness from a person with dubious credentials and claims to have a PhD in Results! I want to strangle her.