my thought is you cant grow nearly as fast with light weight as with heavy, as i see this guy in the gym always going real light and he hasnt grown an once of muscle but he might if he goes up a little in weight. he complains why he aint growing, well lift a little heavier. i mean 30lbs for lat pulldowns is super light but 60 will do u better. just a thought. his arms are like 14-15 inches, been that way for 3 yrs now. his legs are big though. could be genetics. who knows!
Well that's the thing... I don't care how much volume I do... 5lbs isn't going to be enough.
My view is if you're going to do 4 sets of 20, you want to feel a burning by the end of the first 20. On the last 20 it should be painful. If it's not painful... add weight!!!!
I don't know too many guys that can grab a set of 30lbs dumbbells and do 4 sets of 20 and not have a burning sensation by the end. But if I ever do... I can either go up to 35lbs or do 5 sets of 20.
I'm just not trying to grab the 65s and risk hurting myself. Can I curl them... yeah... is it going to be proper form... idk.
You just have to be smart.
If you did 4 sets of 20 and you don't even have a pump... that's not the 4 sets of 20 fault... it's yours for not picking a heavy enough weight.
But also... if you go a little too heavy and only get 3 sets of 20 and on the 4th set get 9... that's great!
Who cares?
The way I lift is volume until I can't flex that muscle anymore.
We all know that crazy painful pump.
That's what I chase on every single workout... the weight and reps don't matter.
I just know I can't get that same pump with really heavy weight