Watching people at the gym struggle with performing any given exercise makes me realize that many don’t seem to know the difference between a challenge and a struggle.
A challenging weight is one that allows you to perform the exercise properly and productively with no jerking, finessing, contorting or other unproductive actions. If you can’t perform 5 reps without beginning to struggle, the weight is too heavy. There is a sweet spot you must find between your ability to perform the exercise using proper form and cheating the weight up.
The challenge is to tax the target muscle to its fullest ability so that the muscle fibers break down, which spurts regrowth—not to hoist the weight up at any cost as if you are in a powerlifting contest, which causes muscle injury.
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