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Lifting weights really slowly with lighter weights doesn’t build as much muscle as lifting heavier weights at a normal speed—even if you push yourself to the limit in both cases.

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Lifting weights fast or slow doesn’t really make a difference in how much your muscles grow — the tiny difference you might see is so small it probably doesn’t matter.

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Whether you lift weights slowly or quickly, you’re probably not going to build more muscle with one over the other — the difference is so tiny it doesn’t really matter.

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Whether you lift weights slowly or quickly, you’re probably not going to build more muscle with one over the other — the difference is so tiny it doesn’t really matter in real life.

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How fast or slow you lift and lower weights probably doesn’t make much difference in building muscle—unless you’re doing something very specific, but we’re not sure what that is yet.

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How fast or slow you lift and lower weights probably doesn’t make much difference in how much muscle you build—unless there’s some special situation we haven’t figured out yet.

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