From this article: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/research-spotlight-train-light/
The article goes on to discuss a meta-analysis which found something similar.
What is your guys' take on this?
Seems to me like this is confirmation for those pushing progressive overload and the "+1 mindset." If all lifters were constantly trying to push to add 1 rep or 5lbs to the bar every week, then we wouldn't have so many people in the gym who look the same and lift the same year-in, year-out.
Researchers asked 160 trained subjects what load they’d normally use to perform sets of 10 reps on the bench press. Then, the researchers had the subjects complete a set to failure with their self-selected load. On average, subjects completed 16 reps, and more than a quarter completed at least 19 reps. Notably, 76% of subjects reported that their primary goal was hypertrophy, and 80% reported that they generally performed bench press as the first exercise in their training sessions (meaning they didn’t select relatively light loads because they typically train bench press when they’re already fatigued). So, it appeared that many of the participants self-selected loads that were likely too light for their primary goal. While you don’t need to go to failure to maximize hypertrophy, you’re probably leaving a lot of muscle growth on the table when you habitually train with >5 reps in reserve (and you’re certainly leaving a lot of muscle growth on the table if you do most of your training with >9 reps in reserve).
The article goes on to discuss a meta-analysis which found something similar.
What is your guys' take on this?
Seems to me like this is confirmation for those pushing progressive overload and the "+1 mindset." If all lifters were constantly trying to push to add 1 rep or 5lbs to the bar every week, then we wouldn't have so many people in the gym who look the same and lift the same year-in, year-out.