When you lift weights until you can't anymore, you build similar muscle size no matter how heavy the weights are, but lifting heavier weights makes you stronger and faster at moving them than lighter weights.
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Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2021 Jun 146
Impact of high versus low fixed loads and non-linear training loads on muscle hypertrophy, strength and force development
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
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No contradicting evidence found