Research
Metabolic adaptation
Women showed a higher relative increase in average training load than men during the first 8 weeks of resistance training (+43.6% vs. +32.5%).
Practitioners should consider gender differences when designing resistance training programs for hypertrophy.
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There was a significant (P < 0.05) main effect for gender by time interaction for average training load of all the exercises performed in the first 8 weeks of RT with women showing a higher relative increase than men (+43.6% vs. +32.5%, respectively).
Why this rating
Based on the study design involving a controlled resistance training program.
Source
Analysis of the training load during a hypertrophy‐type resistance training programme in men and women
Alex S. Ribeiro et al. · European Journal of Sport Science · 2014
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