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There may be a possible advantage for the use of long rest intervals to elicit hypertrophic effects.
Longer rest intervals may be more effective for hypertrophy in trained individuals.
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Novel findings involving trained participants using measures sensitive to detect changes in muscle hypertrophy suggest a possible advantage for the use of long rest intervals to elicit hypertrophic effects.
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Based on systematic review of multiple studies.
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The effects of short versus long inter‐set rest intervals in resistance training on measures of muscle hypertrophy: A systematic review
Jozo Grgić et al. · European Journal of Sport Science · 2017
DOI 10.1080/17461391.2017.1340524
systematic_review · n=6Cited 125×
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