When people lift weights until they can't anymore, their muscles grow just as much whether they use heavy or light weights, as long as they push to their max. This shows that how hard you try matters...

You can build muscle just as well lifting light weights as heavy ones — as long as you push yourself until you can’t do another rep.

When people lift weights until they can't do another rep, their muscles grow about the same amount whether they use heavy or light weights — and how much they grow depends more on their own body than on how heavy the weights are.

Whether you lift heavy weights for fewer reps or light weights for more reps—as long as you push until you can’t do another rep—your muscles grow about the same amount.

Doing more sets of weightlifting seems to build muscle more reliably than how close you get to failing on each set—whether you stop short or push to exhaustion doesn’t change the muscle growth much if you’re doing the same number of sets.

People grow muscle at very different rates — but each person tends to grow their arms and legs similarly, no matter what weight they use. This means your genes and biology matter more than how heavy your weights are.