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If you want to build strength, you don't need to lift heavy weights
The Globe and Mail Published February 7, 2021 Back in 2010, researchers at McMaster University proposed a heretical idea. To build big muscles, they suggested, you don’t necessarily have to lift big weights. Instead, their research showed the same benefits from lifting light weights or heavy weights or pretty much any weight you want—as long as you lift to the point of failure, when you’re incapable of completing another rep. The simplicity of this prescription is a welcome counterpoint to the usual complexity of strength training guidelines. It’s easy on the joints, simple to apply...
Source: theglobeandmail.com