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Resistance exercise order does not affect the net exposure of testosterone, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor 1 to skeletal muscle.
Practitioners can consider that the order of resistance exercises may not influence hormonal responses.
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The anabolic potential of postexercise hormones was not affected by exercise order.
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Resistance exercise order does not determine postexercise delivery of testosterone, growth hormone, and IGF-1 to skeletal muscle
Daniel W. D. West et al. · Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism · 2012
DOI 10.1139/apnm-2012-0397
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