Yes, it definitely wants us to lift heavier! The author goes to great length to explain why the whole light weight, lots of reps things doesn't work. Women simply don't have the ability to gain the massive muscles that men can, so we should be lifting more like men do....in a nutshell. It's been a very interesting read. The author is Lou Schuler if you want to check it out. I'm trying it out, we'll see how it goes!