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Resistance training with a 7-9 RPE may elicit marginally greater acute responses of CK and LDH than 4-6 RPE over time.

Practitioners may consider incorporating higher RPE levels to enhance muscle damage responses.

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Our findings indicate that resistance training with a 7-9 RPE may elicit marginally greater acute responses of CK and LDH than 4-6 RPE over time.
David Castro‐Díaz et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2023

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Effect Of Proximity To Failure During Resistance Training On Longitudinal Markers Of Muscle Damage

David Castro‐Díaz et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2023

DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0000984808.46637.7f

rct · n=19
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