Building Muscle Doesn't Require Lifting Heavy Weights, Study Shows

[the big 1]

science daily post this study recently.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0811125943.htm

I want your opinions regarding this study, Do you that we can train abs as we did before without using heavy weight ?

the study doesnt take into account that once a person has done a workout on a specific muscle with a specific weight, they would then have to increase the weight next time otherwise they wouldnt get the same muscle stimulus...

once you use a certain weight for a certain number of reps over time, you must increase the weight so the muscle has a reason to grow...

sure if a person new to training used a light weight, they would AT FIRST see a significant improvement in the muscles, but over time they would have to increase the weight otherwise the muscle just wouldnt respond by growing...

i hardly think its a study worth looking into as its 1 paragraph long...

sets, reps, time, frequincy of training sessions are finite, which means you can 1000 sets but 1 set could have the same effect...
the only infinite stimulus is weight, which means if you continue to lift heavier the muscle has no choice but to grow...well its something like that, ile pull up the study later if im wrong...

[BigBuck6]

A muscle is eventually forced to compensate for the increase in resistance by increasing its Cross Sectional Area.

[OSUPatrick]

A muscle is eventually forced to compensate for the increase in resistance by increasing its Cross Sectional Area.

F=Ma you need one or the other to move the weight. Mass or acceleration

[Hsheer]

the study doesnt take into account that once a person has done a workout on a specific muscle with a specific weight, they would then have to increase the weight next time otherwise they wouldnt get the same muscle stimulus...

once you use a certain weight for a certain number of reps over time, you must increase the weight so the muscle has a reason to grow...

sure if a person new to training used a light weight, they would AT FIRST see a significant improvement in the muscles, but over time they would have to increase the weight otherwise the muscle just wouldnt respond by growing...

i hardly think its a study worth looking into as its 1 paragraph long...

sets, reps, time, frequincy of training sessions are finite, which means you can 1000 sets but 1 set could have the same effect...
the only infinite stimulus is weight, which means if you continue to lift heavier the muscle has no choice but to grow...well its something like that, ile pull up the study later if im wrong...

Your answer make a lot of sense, I agree with you

[heyyallsup]

the study doesnt take into account that once a person has done a workout on a specific muscle with a specific weight, they would then have to increase the weight next time otherwise they wouldnt get the same muscle stimulus...

once you use a certain weight for a certain number of reps over time, you must increase the weight so the muscle has a reason to grow...

sure if a person new to training used a light weight, they would AT FIRST see a significant improvement in the muscles, but over time they would have to increase the weight otherwise the muscle just wouldnt respond by growing...

i hardly think its a study worth looking into as its 1 paragraph long...

sets, reps, time, frequincy of training sessions are finite, which means you can 1000 sets but 1 set could have the same effect...
the only infinite stimulus is weight, which means if you continue to lift heavier the muscle has no choice but to grow...well its something like that, ile pull up the study later if im wrong...

That's the same as progressive adaptation right?

The synopsis of the article is interesting
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0012033

The issue, as stated above, is weather the study subjects were already athletically trained individuals, or weather this was a first time thing.
One thing that was noted though was that the average BMI = 24.1±0.8 kg/m2. Which is around normal for males 20-22, suggesting that at the very least the subjects were neither obese, nor developed bodybuilders. Other than that follow up studies of this paper would be interesting.

I don't think having "progressively heavier weight" is particularly an issue, at least in this study, because the weight is always determined from the subjects 1RM, which if this study holds true, will go up as time goes on, so the lighter weight will still end up getting progressively heavier.

Excellent find to the OP!