Heavy Vs Light. I haven’t cared about the absolute amount of weight I lift in many years. What matters is that the weight I choose serves my purpose with the training.
Most people think weights are trophies to be achieved whereas I think they are tools to be used. The weights should serve your body and not the other way around.
The heaviness of the weights is incredibly subjective in the first place. Heavier weights can feel light and lighter weights heavy depending on the control and form you use.
You can use any amount of weight you want. But understand that the results may be very different as a whole even though muscle growth would be similar.
There’s much more to your body than absolute size gain and ability to move the heaviest weights possible.
You must consider movement quality, posture, joint stability & mobility, endurance and structural balance.
All of this has an effect on the long term shape of your tendons and ligaments and the overall performance and functionality of your body.
These effects carry way beyond mere hypertrophy and strongly affect the quality of our lives in general.
Which weight helps you to best achieve this?
