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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I'm not being a d!ck.  I'm just trying to be informative. The topic is lifting weights and lifting heavy. Not what you can lift at home only. Although I do weightlift mainly at home. I never go to a gym

But squatting 40% of your weight isn't even really a starter weight. You should be able to squat more than half your weight as a beginner and then your weight intermediate and then advanced is more than your weight.

That is what lifting heavy means. If it makes me a d!ck to point this out then I'm sorry.

I'm not saying there isn't any benefit to squatting 40% of your weight. But it is not lifting heavy and that is what the post is about.[/quote]

Calling the PP's mention of skullcrushers with dumbbells "isolation of vanity muscles" was d*ckish. That's a very common strength training exercise and triceps are a useful muscle group to isolate. Not to the exclusion of other things, but no one suggested only doing skullcrushers or even only doing isolations.

The OP specifically said she prefers to workout at home with dumbbells. For a relative novice to lifting, it is absolutely possible to "lift heavy" using heavier dumbbells, and to exercise large muscle groups. You can even do many of the same exercises you can do with a barbell, plus have the option of doing unilateral training. If OP's current max is say 20-25lb (2 10-12lb dumbbells), she could absolutely see great gains by incorporating reps with 15-25lb dumbbell sets, and this would constitute "lifting heavy" for this person, at this size, at this time.

You are making fun of people for using lower grade weights and doing strength training that is different than what you do, even though people are talking about totally valid training approaches. That's gatekeeping. Easy to do behind an anonymous message board, making it all the more important to resist if you actually care about encouraging people to pursue higher fitness goals, and don't just care about holding yourself out as better than others just because you can lift more weight. THAT is meathead behavior. Cut it out.[/quote]

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