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High reps or heavy loads: Which path actually builds the most muscle for your body?

Uncover the science-backed truth behind the gym’s biggest debate and learn how to tailor your lifting strategy to achieve the physique you’ve always wanted.
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Here's How Many Reps You Should Do, Depending on Your Fitness Goals

When you lift a weight, how many times should you lift it? Supposedly, there’s a correct “rep range” to use to build strength, and a different rep range to build muscle size, or endurance, or to “tone ...
Women's Health

Range of motion is crucial for muscle growth – here's how to improve yours

Range of motion (or movement) is a term you may have heard frequently used in the gym. It's one of the key variables to optimise your lifts, muscle growth and also (while not quite as exciting), your ...
Women's Health

I switched heavy lifting for lighter, high-rep workouts – here's why I won't go back

I’ve been hyperaware of overtraining ever since I suffered a pelvic stress fracture a decade ago. The injury came from excessive exercise and a lack of education around nutrition and recovery, but the ...
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Why midlife women are using the 4-rep rule to build muscle and strength

As you move through perimenopause and beyond, the way your body responds to training starts to shift. Hormonal changes – particularly declining oestrogen – can mean reduced muscle mass, strength, and ...
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The 3-by-5 Strength Training Method Is a Simple Way to Boost Muscle Strength—Here's How It Works

The 3-by-5 training method builds strength with low reps and heavy weights. Whether it's right for you depends on your goals ...