^^ I don't particularly agree with this, personally.
Just wanted to hear the opinions of others on the subject.
'Heavy weight isn't that important if you want to get bigger.'
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I think this entirely depends on your genetic response to everything, especially gear. If you are someone that puts on muscle easily then sure you can lift "light" and grow like a weed if everything else is in place. If you don't, I believe getting stronger consistently is a must for trying to continuously pack on muscle over a long period of time. To me the best bodybuilders (most muscular) for the most part have been the strongest, and I think its when you combine the phenomenal bodybuilding genetics WITH heavy training thats when you get a true freak like Ronnie.
I believe "regular" people that don't have freak genetics and/or haven't lifted heavy at one time to at least put on the size really shouldn't be saying that its not necessary. I find it hard to believe that someone with average to below average genetics for building muscle has gotten to be a freak by lifting lighter weights from the start. And if you're someone that believes this, go ahead and take a year to "beat the logbook" with any number of strength based bodybuilding programs and tell me you haven't improved dramatically!
Ronnie is crippled and has had too many injuries to list. None of us are at his level, why would anyone want to chase that?
Ronnie is crippled and has had too many injuries to list. None of us are at his level, why would anyone want to chase that?
we got guys at my gym who only do high reps and are huge. meaning 5'8, 280, 5'10 300...
we got a few, like nam thomas, placed 4th superheavyweight nationals this year who do heavy-ass weights. squatting 765 for reps. then again he's a bodybuilder/national ranked powerlifter.
the young guys like him do the heavy, the old guys do the light and both groups are big.
course, steroids and genetics are key.
It isn't if your name is Flex wheeler.^^ I don't particularly agree with this, personally.
Just wanted to hear the opinions of others on the subject.
'Heavy weight isn't that important if you want to get bigger.'
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Ronnie is once in a lifetime so there no comparison to his his intensity/strength minus Dorian.
But someone show me one of these freaks that is lifting relatively light on the compounds movements while they were building their size...I’ll wait.
Shit everyone busy on Phil Heath about the way he trains but I have seen him Press 160’s with ease. That ain’t heavy? 405lb front squats aren’t heavy?
Yea not compared to Ronnie...but no one compares there in BBing.
Lee Labrada used the lightest weights of any pro that I ever personally saw. Mike Francois used the heaviest I ever personally saw.
Heavy weights are great when you are young (if your form is perfect) but at a certain point you transition. This typically either happens when you get too strong for your joints or more commonly when you reach a certain age where it just doesn't work anymore.
Strength as a raw number is a trap. Strength demonstrated over multiple sets of higher reps is in my experience what builds the most size.