There's not much difference in hitting max at 12 and at 25, from anecdotal exper...

solumunus · 2026-01-01T07:19:00 1767251940

What do you mean by there’s no difference? The difference is in the relative load needed in each example.

vasco · 2026-01-01T09:59:11 1767261551

Well of course you change the load, but the stimulus is interpreted the same way by the body. I didn't think the question was at that level.

solumunus · 2026-01-01T16:23:34 1767284614

> but the stimulus is interpreted the same way by the body

That may be your intuition, but it’s certainly not everyone’s, hence the studies… Many people will intuit heavier weight = more effective.

vasco · 2026-01-01T23:14:15 1767309255

It's not my intuition, it's just knowledge about processes in nature.

Almost nothing reacts to changes smaller than an order of magnitude to anything. It's one of the best rules of thumb.

machomaster · 2026-01-01T17:29:26 1767288566

Except that this is something that was well established before, making this study pointless.