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Forum ยป can you maintain muscle mass by doing moderate weight?
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Thread: can you maintain muscle mass by doing moderate weight?

post 1680719253 04-13-2023, 09:16 AM
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can you maintain muscle mass by doing moderate weight?

as I box at the same time and doing both heavy lifting and boxing I find is very taxing and I can't recover before I box so I was thinking of going lighter a bit to moderate weight.
post 1680719363 04-13-2023, 09:18 AM
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No you dumb fuk, otherwise every bodybuilder would do that when cutting

you ask the dumbest questions, fukin idiot
post 1680719483 04-13-2023, 09:20 AM
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You can maintain muscle mass without lifting as long as your diet is right. And most bodybuilders do not lift heavy weight. Ronnie Coleman is a husk of a man because of said heavy weights.
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post 1680719493 04-13-2023, 09:21 AM
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In general if consistent ,yes in my experience.

But brb relying hard on muscles memory too.
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post 1680719523 04-13-2023, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
You can maintain muscle mass without lifting as long as your diet is right. And most bodybuilders do not lift heavy weight. Ronnie Coleman is a husk of a man because of said heavy weights.
really? I Thought u are supposed to keep lifting to maintain muscle.
post 1680719583 04-13-2023, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted By Agent456⏩
really? I Thought u are supposed to keep lifting to maintain muscle.
You are. But it's not like you'll deflate if you don't lift for a year or 2. I haven't lifted consistently since 2011 and my AVI is what I currently look like.
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post 1680719813 04-13-2023, 09:25 AM
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aslong as you stimulate the muscle enough and bring it to failure it doesnt really matter

100 reps or 5 reps failure is failure

but why would you waste time doing 100 reps when you could do 8 - 12

anything less than 6 and you're most likely not using the intended muscle for the lift imo
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post 1680720093 04-13-2023, 09:30 AM
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what about farmer's muscle or whatever...they work on the farm lifting crap and just generally doing work. most of what they are doing probably isn't near some max and they don't count reps. if they aren't eating too much they just maintain a certain degree of lean muscle
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Maintain, yes. Depends on your goals. You trying to be an actual bodybuilder or a fit, lean guy? If the latter, you don't have to always go heavy. I've always kind of preferred stuff like jumping squats with a light weight (20-30 dbs in each hand) and using kettlebells. It saves time and maintains. Go heavy (3-6 reps) just once in awhile to keep from going stagnant.
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