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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those that say “lift heavy,” what would a heavy bicep workout weight be.[/quote]

[b]A bicep-specific exercise is not really part of “lifting heavy.” “Lifting heavy” means compound, multi-muscle movements. 
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I do chins and pulls; once in a while I throw in biceps curls for variety. I can curl 25 lbs and that’s about it. [/quote]

Says who? You? That's a dumb take and totally untrue.[/quote]

Me and Olympic and powerlifters, but you do you. That's what makes the world go around. [/quote]

So in the world of powerlifters, the term "heavy lifting" means...whatever you said. Fine. That doesn't mean that you can't do "heavy" isolation movements...and call them "heavy lifts" or whatever. [/quote]

It is not even true in the powerlifting world. Many power lifters now incorporate isolations too as the industry understood you can increase your strength on the big 3 by incorporating accessory movements, including isolations, as needed. They can be also helpful for preventing imbalances and injuries. [/quote]

The fact that powerlifters do accessory movements does not mean that they are picturing those movements when they talk about “lifting heavy.”

All of that other stuff is true, of course.[/quote]

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