Preponderance of evidence proves 'big' weights optimize hypertrophic and strength adaptations

摘要

Dear Editor,We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the letter by Burd et al. "Big claims for big weights but with little evidence" regarding our recent publication (Schuenke et al. 2012), and thank them for giving us a chance to reiterate the superiority of "big" weights over ''little" weights for developing strength and hypertrophy. In this reply, we address the specific comments and criticisms of Burd et al., and clarify their inaccurate interpretations of both our work and resistance training research in general.