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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]

Also no professional agrees with this definition of lifting heavy. The idea that any person, regardless of size, fitness level, and experience, "should" be able to squat greater that 50% of their weight is silly. People have different bodies. That attitude, and giving that advice, is a good way for people to injure themselves.

Lifting heavy means finding the max weight at which you can perform a lift with good form for a limited number if reps, usually less than 10. That will vary by person. Telling someone "oh you need to be able to squat xxx lbs or it doesn't count as lifting heavy" is a good way to discourage someone starting out, and also is the kind of attitude that makes people sacrifice form for weight in dangerous ways.[/quote]

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