Each and every person needs to exercise because it brings about many health benefits. If you want to increase the number of years you spend on this earth then you need to exercise. Apart from increasing your longevity when you train you will also increase your body energy. If you want to increase your muscle strength, then you need to practice weight training using higher reps in each set. Your overall goal will determine the number of reps you are supposed to perform.

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Very often, a lifter (we won’t call him a bodybuilder at 5 foot 10, 157 pounds) will be seen in the gym bouncing from cable station to nautilus machine station, slamming out set after set of high-repetition pumping set. He’ll claim that he’s engorging his muscle fibers with blood (which admittedly is a key and integral part of the muscle building process). Time will pass. He’ll continue with his designer workout gear and protein shake timing exactly 12 minutes after his workout, and he’ll continue with his high intensity isolation movements, specifically targeting each muscle group with light, light weight and plenty of reps.

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It’s been reported that two-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler bench pressed 315 pounds on his first attempt, and that he once picked up a picnic table over his head on a wager. True or not, there are always going to be freakishly strong people. Due to genetics, limb length, or tendon structure, these folks are just naturally strong. It’s a curse that most of us will never know. For the rest of us, classified as mortals, it’s imperative that we understand the relationship between weight gain and strength, in order to make the best possible gains.

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