When lifting lighter weights, pushing until you can't lift anymore helps build bigger muscles, but this doesn't happen with heavier weights. Heavier weights always build more strength than lighter ones, no matter how hard you push.
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Muscle Failure Promotes Greater Muscle Hypertrophy in Low-Load but Not in High-Load Resistance Training
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2022 Feb 148
Muscle Failure Promotes Greater Muscle Hypertrophy in Low-Load but Not in High-Load Resistance Training
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2022 Feb 1Contradicting (0)
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