Comment by vasco
16 hours ago
Well of course you change the load, but the stimulus is interpreted the same way by the body. I didn't think the question was at that level.
16 hours ago
Well of course you change the load, but the stimulus is interpreted the same way by the body. I didn't think the question was at that level.
> but the stimulus is interpreted the same way by the body
That may be your intuition, but it’s certainly not everyone’s, hence the studies… Many people will intuit heavier weight = more effective.
It's not my intuition, it's just knowledge about processes in nature.
Almost nothing reacts to changes smaller than an order of magnitude to anything. It's one of the best rules of thumb.
Except that this is something that was well established before, making this study pointless.