Lifting light and doing slow controlled movements?

[EliteSoldier]

Is it better? Can you still put mass on? I'm not looking to box, I'm just looking to get bigger.

[BrooklynBomber]

make long story short: NO
go to bodybuilding.com, there is plenty of articles from pros on to how to gain mass. It helped me.

[EliteSoldier]

Yeah, but I feel like lifting lighter has better movement. While, when most people try to lift heavy. We cheat by swinging the weight and not move as slow as we should be moving. I've even seen ronnie coleman*that big ass dude* move really fast when lifting heavy weights. I thought moving slower in controlled movements would be better... Weight lifting confuses me

[BrooklynBomber]

Yeah, but I feel like lifting lighter has better movement. While, when most people try to lift heavy. We cheat by swinging the weight and not move as slow as we should be moving. I've even seen ronnie coleman*that big ass dude* move really fast when lifting heavy weights. I thought moving slower in controlled movements would be better... Weight lifting confuses me

no, light weights just will not help you built mass, they are good for endurance training, but if you want to get bigger you need to go for bigger weights, correct exercise form and right nutrition, it helped me big time. Just go the darn website, they got good explanation.

[TRANSWARP]

What you wanna do is lift the heaviest weights you can using controlled movements, so not too light or too heavy, whatever is just right for you.

[James78]

find a weight that you can just manage to lift in sets of 20 before your arm starts aching like ****. Stick to that weight for a while til it gets easier then increase bit by bit brother.

[PunchDrunk]

The hypertrophy (muscle growth) zone is 6-12 reps. This is where you want to train if you want to gain mass. Remember that you need calories as well. Diet is a BIG part of it, but light weights won't do much for you.

[PunchDrunk]

find a weight that you can just manage to lift in sets of 20 before your arm starts aching like ****. Stick to that weight for a while til it gets easier then increase bit by bit brother.

20 rep sets won't do anything for hypertrophy, it's muscle endurance training.

[James78]

20 rep sets won't do anything for hypertrophy, it's muscle endurance training.

I don't know that much about it bro but that's what I did and my arms got way bigger, maybe cos I was a skinny lil bastard to begin with lol!!

[James78]

sorry guys I just realised my first mssg wasn't very clear, I'd do 6 sets of 20.