[patricklouys]

Using 10lbs for shoulder press does absolutely nothing for your fitness. Even 50lbs barely does anything unless you are completely untrained.

And 10 reps is not low reps either. It's on the upper end of what people usually use in their workouts.

[hombre_fatal]

They could be talking about dumbbell weight, as 10lb is entry level but 50lbx10 requires some shoulder development.

Either way, I don't see the issue with doing 50 reps of something if you're failing at the end. The main issue is that it's boring and more mentally taxing than 6-10 reps I think.

There's a Huberman Lab podcast with some expert who also says the ideal rep range is anywhere from 6 reps to 30+ reps to make the point that we overly fixate on it. Lifting something until you can't is the operative goal.

I personally like drop sets for this purpose (decreasing weight until failure) because you end on a lighter weight that won't hurt you if something goes wrong, but you aren't stuck lifting one weight for too long.