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Originally Posted by Tuna
I'm pretty new to lifting myself, but I'm pretty sure what these 'juice-heads' are saying is true.
Would you expect to continuously gain size on your biceps by curling 5 lb dumbbells 200 times? I know I wouldn't.
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Plateauing can occur multiple ways; two notable ways being not increasing the difficulty of a work out and not changing up your workout. If you were doing bicep curls and continually upped the weight at regular intervals, your gains would still be retarded at some point, due to lack of variety in exercise.
And to answer your question, a simplistic equation would be.... less weight, more reps = more tone. More weight, less reps = more muscle.