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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me, heavy lifting is defined by my reps.  I usually do 3 sets.  Set 1 I aim for 8-10.  Set 2, 6-8.  Set 3, 4-6.  By the last rep, I am struggling to keep my form in place.[/quote]

Interesting (OP again). Someone on Reddit told me that the key to lifting heavy was to go for the amount of weight that limited your reps, so that you could "work to failure." So basically if I can comfortably do 20 reps with 8lb weights, go to 10 and see how far I can go with those, then go to 12 and see how far I can go with those.

I think one issue with dumbbells is that you are dealing with stability (much easier to create stability pressing a 30 lb barbell, than two 15 lb dumbbells) but I wonder if there is benefit to this? I feel like there must be benefit to forcing my body to stabilize dumbbells through an overhead press and keep the motion smooth and even, since that would be easier with a barbell that is naturally more stable as it distributes the weight and holds it together at the same time?[/quote]

Stability comes from your core not from the the body part that is lifting.[/quote]

NP.  But that's not what the PP means by stability.  They don't mean stabilizing the body; they mean keeping the weight stable.  A DB press is slightly harder than a BB press because each arm must guide (ie stablize) the weight independently.  That's easier on a barbell.

It's why squatting on the Smith machine is easier than squatting in the rack; the machine guides the bar which means the body isn't required to do the work to keep the correct bar path[/quote]

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