Fitness Myth #2: Lifting Heavy Weights Will Make You “Bulky”
By Madison Hawks, CPT and Scott Smith, CSCS If you’ve ever been afraid of looking like this from lifting heavy weights … …fear no more! Over the last few years, we as fitness professionals have been trying to instill in our clients that simply lifting “heavy” weights or working with “low rep ranges” will not make you bulky. For those individuals that have worked hard to add muscle mass, it’s almost offensive to hear these claims of women or men doing 3 sets of heavy leg presses and seeing there legs explode in size. There’s more to it than that… But first off, why...