If you can do an exercise more than 12 times, you need to up the weight.
If your goal is general fitness or muscle strength, sure. However, to increase muscle endurance, the goal is to do lower amounts of weights with more reps and more sets.
I'm pretty sure stronger muscles can go longer on the lighter weights.
but not as long as when you'd have specifically trained on it
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