Good or pointless?

[adrikstalin]

I see people from time to time going for light weights with much sets / repetitions. So, if they train their shoulders 4 times a month, they'd go 3 times with heavy weights with 3 sets x 8 or 10 and once with light weights. Is this really done to stimulate / increase blood supply to shoulders or what's the point of it? Is it even right or pointless?

[j1akey]

Could be maybe they mix in a deload week every few weeks but generally I consider low weight and high reps pointless. If there's a specific reason to it then I'm not sure what it is.

[adrikstalin]

But why do many people train based upon this principle of light weights and high reps? And what does it generally target? Mass gain, strength and endurance, or lose of fat at specific targeted areas?

Could be maybe they mix in a deload week every few weeks but generally I consider low weight and high reps pointless. If there's a specific reason to it then I'm not sure what it is.

[Concat]

When you say high reps, how many are we talking?

Anyway, you are referring to deloading. More: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...1391461&page=1

[zakatak333]

IMO 3 x 8 or 3 x 10 isn't too heavy

but occasionally training with the high reps 15+ is gonna help... its good to change things up every once in a while, provide a different stimulus. then again, any lifting is better than none

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But why do many people train based upon this principle of light weights and high reps? And what does it generally target? Mass gain, strength and endurance, or lose of fat at specific targeted areas?

the higher the reps, the more endurance is involved. the heavier the percentage of maximal load, the more strength is involved

[j1akey]

But why do many people train based upon this principle of light weights and high reps? And what does it generally target? Mass gain, strength and endurance, or lose of fat at specific targeted areas?

Many people do things because they don't know any better. When I walk into the gym every day there's a huge line of women that wait for the Zumba class to start, they never lose any weight or look any better but they do it over and over again because they thing Zumba is what's going to make them fit and trim. I also see fat people doing endless sets of wrist curls and tricep extensions as if those things will help them get lean. People do all kinds of stupid **** for stupid reasons, mostly because they don't actually think about what they're doing in the first place. They just do what they're told in the latest issue of whatever magazine they're reading which is usually crap.

[BigBeefMuscle]

I love lifting heavy but I do High reps light weight (with more time under tension) once in awhile also. I do it to give myself a break from all the heavy lifting and to focus more on form. It would kill my body to go heavy none stop man need a break once in awhile.