{"id":63362,"date":"2025-06-25T08:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/are-heavy-weights-with-low-reps-better-then-light-weights-with-lots-of-reps\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:01:55","slug":"are-heavy-weights-with-low-reps-better-then-light-weights-with-lots-of-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/are-heavy-weights-with-low-reps-better-then-light-weights-with-lots-of-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"Are heavy weights with low reps better then light weights with lots of reps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Erick P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">My recommendation is to go for a range between 8-12. Mainly for two reasons, 1) lower reps with heavy weights can increase the probability of injury 2) it has been shown that the number of reps it\u2019s not that important, the important thing is to approximate muscular failure. And always use a good form.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-609622139\"><div id=\"thefa-3457058213\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your life<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start living today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erick P. My recommendation is to go for a range between 8-12. Mainly for two reasons, 1) lower reps with heavy weights can increase the probability of injury 2) it has been shown that the number of reps it\u2019s not that important, the important thing is to approximate muscular failure. And always use a good form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are heavy weights with low reps better then light weights with lots of reps? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are heavy weights with low reps better then light weights with lots of reps? 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