If my training regimen is to lift 10 lbs. (say in a bicep curl) for 50 reps, to failure, and I do this consistently, will my bicep muscle be smaller than if I usually lift 20 lbs for 15 reps, to failure? In other words, if I always keep lifting whatever weight it is until I feel the burn, will my muscle develop as much, and be as big, no matter how big the weight is?
This puzzled me last night doing a Dove workout that fried my shoulders, even though the weight was only 5 pounds - but there were a million reps. I always though that lifting lighter weights would not develop the muscle as much, but if you're working the muscle to failure, wouldn't it develop just as well as if you used a heavier weight?
Hope this makes sense and isn't a totally ridiculous question...
This puzzled me last night doing a Dove workout that fried my shoulders, even though the weight was only 5 pounds - but there were a million reps. I always though that lifting lighter weights would not develop the muscle as much, but if you're working the muscle to failure, wouldn't it develop just as well as if you used a heavier weight?
Hope this makes sense and isn't a totally ridiculous question...