Big Daddy Weave

From Journey To Freedom Founder and trainer Scott Reall:
When doing strength training, our goal is to build lean muscle mass. A common question is this: How much weight should I lift and how many repetitions should I use? The most widely excepted rep range to build muscle mass is somewhere between 8-12 repetitions.  If I am going to do a set of 12 repetitions—I need to be lifting an amount of weight that I can barely get that 12th rep done. If I say I am going to do 12 reps this set and I could have done five more—then the weight is too light and my muscles have not gotten the maximum out of that. They key is what we call reaching failure: however many sets you do—it is the amount of reps that is the most important. If I am going to do 10 reps, it needs to be tough by 10. That way I recruit the majority of the muscle fibers of that muscle group that I am trying to strengthen.