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The between-group effect sizes for changes in MT were trivial to small.

The differences in muscle hypertrophy between training intensities may not be clinically significant.

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with trivial to small between group effect sizes (4-6 RPE vs. 7-9 RPE: g = 0.20; 4-6 RPE vs 7-9 RPE: g = -0.11; 7-9 RPE vs 7-9+ RPE: g = -0.31).
Ethan Elkins et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2023

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Effect Of Proximity To Failure During Resistance Training On Upper Body Hypertrophy

Ethan Elkins et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2023

DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0000984780.95779.86

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