1932: Lifting Heavy Vs. Lifting Light
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin cover the pros and cons of lifting heavy vs. lifting light.
- There are two main ways to strength train. The first one is to make heavy weights feel light. The second is to make light weights feel heavy. (1:40)
- Which avatar benefits more from switching lifting methods, the bodybuilder or the powerlifter? (4:12)
- The mentality MATTERS most! (10:04)
- The Focus, Pros, and Cons of Lifting Heavy Vs. Lifting Light.
- Lifting Heavy: Maximizes efficiency, focuses on movement, and doesn't focus on "feeling" the muscle. (13:40)
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- Focus: Psyching up, and perfecting the smooth movement. (16:55)
- Pros: Great for overall muscle, real-world applicable strength, and builds a solid body. (19:12)
- Cons: Higher injury risk, feeds the ego, and it's hard to bring up lagging body parts. (25:50)
- Lifting Light: Maximizes inefficiency, focuses on the target muscle, and it's all about the "feel." (30:08)
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- Focus: Calm collected, and visualizes the target muscle. (35:08)
- Pros: Brings up target body parts, and lowers injury risk. (41:25)
- Cons: Doesn't build as much total muscle, and strength is less applicable to the real-world. (44:52)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, |
| 0:03.5 | there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mind, hop, mind, hop with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.2 | You just found the world's number one fitness health |
| 0:15.2 | and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Mind Pump, right? |
| 0:18.6 | In today's episode, we talk about heavy lifting, |
| 0:21.1 | versus light lifting, pros and cons to each, |
| 0:24.4 | and yes, there are definitely pros and cons to each. |
| 0:27.2 | So in today's episode, we break that down for you. |
| 0:29.2 | Now, this episode is brought to you by our sponsor, |
| 0:31.8 | PRX Performance. |
| 0:34.0 | This company makes at-home gym equipment |
| 0:36.8 | that is as good or better than the gym equipment |
| 0:39.3 | you find in the gyms. |
| 0:40.4 | In fact, one of their signature pieces of equipment |
| 0:43.2 | is a squat rack that folds into the wall. |
| 0:45.7 | So literally, it comes off the wall like six inches. |
| 0:48.0 | Then you fold it out, or you pull it out. |
| 0:50.9 | Super stable can support tremendous amounts of weight. |
| 0:53.5 | I've put over 500 pounds on it. |
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