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If you lift weights until you can’t do another rep, it doesn’t matter if you’re using light, medium, or heavy weights—you’ll still grow your muscles about the same, as long as you push yourself hard and do enough total work.

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This study found that whether you lift light, medium, or heavy weights — as long as you push until you can't do another rep — you gain about the same amount of muscle. So it’s not about how heavy the weight is, but how hard you work.

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