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Strong v swole: the surprising truth about building muscle (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] highduc@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So basically doing more reps builds more volume but using bigger weights builds more strength?

[โ€“] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not quite. You can build muscle size with both low reps (heavy weights) and high reps (light weights) as long as sets are taken close to concentric muscular failure.

Bigger muscles = more potential for strength expression. So you can become stronger with only lifting on higher rep ranges.