After a 2-Year Plateau, I Built Muscle By Swapping Heavy Lifting for Lighter, High-Rep Workouts. Here’s Why I Won’t Go Back.

After a two-year plateau, I built muscle within two months.
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High reps vs heavy weights: The muscle-building truth most gym-goers get wrong

Can lighter weights build as much muscle as heavy lifting? Experts say the answer may surprise anyone trying to maximize ...
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I switched heavy lifting for lighter, high-rep workouts – here's why I won't go back

I’ve been hyperaware of overtraining ever since I suffered a pelvic stress fracture a decade ago. The injury came from excessive exercise and a lack of education around nutrition and recovery, but the ...
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Here's How Many Reps You Should Do, Depending on Your Fitness Goals

When you lift a weight, how many times should you lift it? Supposedly, there’s a correct “rep range” to use to build strength, and a different rep range to build muscle size, or endurance, or to “tone ...
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Want to Build More Muscle? Add These Upper Body Exercises to Your Workout.

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are two dimensions to upper body training. The first is probably the side of the coin most guys ...