Many weight lifters believe that using extremely heavy weights for their weight training workout sessions will produce superior results when compared with a lighter weight workout philosophy, and this idea is correct. Heavy weight and low rep weight lifting sessions do produce larger, more dense looking muscles, so it’s no shock that most who achieve muscle building success perform at least a portion of their weight lifting workouts using a lower rep range.
Yet, the problem for many weight lifters is that their desire for low rep weight training exercise sessions far too often causes them to sacrifice proper weight …
Many bodybuilders are confused regarding cardiovascular exercise, with some feeling that such effort is necessary to control body fat, while others preferring the idea that aerobic exercise can risk muscle mass, or prevent further muscle building. The latter group’s concern has caused many weight lifters to abandon cardiovascular exercise during muscle building periods, and even prohibit aerobic exercise when fat reduction is the primary goal, but for many, the question remains as to whether the cardiovascular exercise backlash is well founded, or if this notion is rather a part of bodybuilding mythology.