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Trained males can experience substantial muscle growth while maintaining their previous weekly set number of resistance training volume.
Practitioners can maintain training volume while still promoting muscle growth in trained individuals.
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Our findings suggest that, above a certain weekly set volume, trained males can experience substantial muscle growth while maintaining their previous weekly set number.
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Individualized Volume Increases Versus Prior Training Volume Maintenance: Effects On Muscular Adaptations In Trained Males
Eduardo O. De Souza et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2024
DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0001059828.11027.a7
rct · n=55
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