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Increasing weekly sets may offer additional benefits for 1RM and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area.
Practitioners may consider increasing resistance training volume to enhance strength and muscle size.
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our findings suggest that increasing weekly sets may offer additional benefits for 1RM and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area.
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Does increasing the resistance-training volume lead to greater gains? The effects of weekly set progressions on muscular adaptations in females
Alysson Enes et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences · 2025
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