light or heavy

jjsilcox96
jjsilcox96 Posts: 63 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
Im in a calorie déficit. And was wondering which is better lifting light and doing more reps or lifting heavy with less reps

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  • dizustyross
    dizustyross Posts: 23 Member
    For weight loss i would say heavy with less reps because then your body needs extra energy for the next 24-48 hours to help rebuild the muscle, where as light weight with higher reps would be leaning more towards cardio and endurance where the muscle isnt really schocked as much.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Wow, a guy asking this question. Might be a first!

    I pretty much always recommend as heavy as reasonably possible, provided technique is solid.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    I guess it would depend on what you mean when you say light weight and how many reps. To some that could be 10-12 and others it could mean around 20 or more.

    For most of us it is beneficial to pick a program that includes multiple rep ranges.

    It probably wont make a significant difference depending on the length of the deficit. I mean if you ran a program doing 5 reps VS a program doing 10 the differences would probably be very small.

    Here is an interesting article on what some of the research shows.
    Light load training
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    jjsilcox96 wrote: »
    Im in a calorie déficit. And was wondering which is better lifting light and doing more reps or lifting heavy with less reps

    It's best to follow the rep range recommended by whatever program you're following. If you're not following a good, pro-designed program, that's what i would suggest.
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