When you progressively grow your muscles, do things either start to feel less heavy, or does lifting things just becomes easier while maintaining the same sense of weight?

Question

When you progressively grow your muscles, do things either start to feel less heavy, or does lifting things just becomes easier while maintaining the same sense of weight?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It become a matter of perspective, the definition of “heavy” changes in your mind as well as your body. What was once impossibly heavy, it cannot be moved, eventually becomes your 3 rep max and then even later is your 10 rep set. It’s still just as much pressure on your hands to move it, but you are now familiar with that level of pressure and effort, so it is no longer intimidating.