Light Weights Are Just as Good for Building Muscle, Getting Stronger

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 10:01 in Health & Medicine

Lifting less weight more times is just as effective at building muscle as training with heavy weights, a finding by McMaster researchers that turns conventional wisdom on its head. The key to muscle gain, say the researchers, is working to the point of fatigue.

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