Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights: study

[mx6zoom]

Hey guys,

this study popped up with reputable contributors Rennie etc goes against what I have been doing for 30 years...........thoughts?

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012033

Conclusions/Significance

These results suggest that low-load high volume resistance exercise is more effective in inducing acute muscle anabolism than high-load low volume or work matched resistance exercise modes.

 

[AnatolyR]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12436270
Other study with almost identical training parameters that actually measure hypertrophy shows different results:

All three major fiber types (types I, IIA, and IIB) hypertrophied for the Low Rep and Int Rep groups, whereas no significant increases were demonstrated for either the High Rep or Con groups

 

[mx6zoom]

Dan answered this thanks.

http://thinkmuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?19171-Intensity-and-MPS/page2&highlight=high+reps