Gabe Mirkin, MD, wrote "How to become strong."
Basic conclusion: to increase strength, it is better to do one set of 10 reps with more weight compared to 3 sets of 10 reps.
The article ends with a line that should appeal to masters swimmers: "When it comes to becoming very strong, less may be more."
(I should probably comment that -- in the main -- I myself don't typically follow this advice, but then again I am usually more interested in muscular endurance compared to raw strength. But I do have a phase in my month-long lifting "cycle" where I do more weights and lower reps.)
Gabe Mirkin, MD, wrote "How to become strong."
Basic conclusion: to increase strength, it is better to do one set of 10 reps with more weight compared to 3 sets of 10 reps.
The article ends with a line that should appeal to masters swimmers: "When it comes to becoming very strong, less may be more."
(I should probably comment that -- in the main -- I myself don't typically follow this advice, but then again I am usually more interested in muscular endurance compared to raw strength. But I do have a phase in my month-long lifting "cycle" where I do more weights and lower reps.)
