…I’m going to start lifting everything really light for the next couple of months. To see what kind of results I get.

When you go to a public gym, I just don’t understand why so many guys want to lift extremely heavy all the time. You never see anyone lifting light. It’s crazy! It’s just that most guys in a gym has an ego problem that they want to feel strong all the time.

Look, I know lifting 5 to 10 lbs of weights may look a little silly in a gym but it’s worth it. You can grow better muscle lifting light and more reps! For the past 4 years of me going to the gym. I’ve been mixing it up a lot. Lifting from light to medium weights to a little heavier.

I’m planning on doing something a little different by lifting everything light for a long while. See what that does. Guys mistakenly think that lifting heavy all the time will get good muscle definition when it’s nothing but a myth.

I don’t lift that heavy in the gym anyway. The heaviest I can lift on dumbbells is between 25 to 30 lbs. The heaviest I can lift on machines are medium weights like 70 – 90 lbs, that’s not heavy, it’s medium. Heavy weights are something like 200 lbs. or way more. I’m not up there yet and probably never will be.

Bodybuilding shouldn’t be about lifting heavy as possible. Plus, if you lift heavy all the time, it could kill you and wear you out. Get more injuries and mess up your joints.

I’m surprised, I haven’t witnessed an injury at the public gym, I work out at. While it is terrible for somebody to get injured, it’ll still be interesting to see at a public gym ’cause it will be a good lesson for everyone else if they witness it.

Like I said, I’ll experiment with lifting light for a long while and if I like the results that come out of it, I’ll keep at it. Lifting light, even with just a 5 lb. dumbbell, you can still get bigger muscle. In reality, lifting heavy really doesn’t do anything.

Edit to add: Remember the old saying in the bodybuilding world, “More isn’t more”, and it’s true!

Kev