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Many weight lifters believe that using extremely heavy weights for their weight lifting workouts will lead to quicker results when compared with a lighter weight workout focus, and this idea is correct to a degree. Heavy weight and lower rep weight training sessions do produce bigger muscles, so it's no surprise that most who achieve bodybuilding success perform at least a portion of their weight training workouts using a lower rep range.
Yet, the problem for a large number of weight lifters is that their desire for low rep weight lifting exercise sessions often causes them to abandon proper weight training form, which can lead to serious injury. If research were conducted, I would not be amazed to learn that the majority of those who experience weight training injuries are using incorrect exercise form, which causes muscles to function awkwardly, resulting in muscle strains, tears, and tendon issues. In fact, muscle gains are maximized only if consistent weight training can be maintained for an extended time frame, and many find themselves taking unexpected vacations from their weight training workouts due to nagging injuries occurring due to improper weight training form.
The temptation is significant to abandon strict form in order to increase weight used for a particular exercise session, especially when using heavy weight and low reps during a weight training workout, and when a bodybuilder does not immediately fix such behavior, he or she will gradually alter weight training form to the point where the exercise becomes dangerous, and severe injury is likely to result.
What all weight lifters must remember as they pursue maximum muscle building is that the term "heavy" is relative, and correct weight lifting form is far more important than the weight used in each weight training workout session. Therefore, when you are contemplating adding weight to a bodybuilding exercise, ensure that you are doing so with correct weight lifting form in mind at all times, adding weight in very small increments to avoid encouraging incorrect, awkward weight training exercise performance.
If you find yourself altering exercise form to allow for greater weight in a given exercise, then you should immediately reduce the amount of weight used by at least 10-20 pounds, focusing on fostering a connection between your mind and muscles during each set, only adding weight (in small increments) when you are certain that form is 100% correct. It's simple to become convinced that because you have not added weight for a few exercise sessions that your muscle building efforts will suffer, when it's very common to stay with the same weight for several workouts while still increasing muscle size by a significant margin. But by using incorrect form to try and artificially enhance the amount of weight used in a given weight training exercise, you will actually risk severely harming muscle gains given both the injury potential, and the risk of removing emphasis away from the target muscle group.
Remember that the success of your weight training pursuits will be based on how consistent you are capable of training, and using heavy weight with improper form will lead to injuries, necessitating missed weight training workouts, and will impact your overall weight training progress in a negative way. |
