For women who already lift weights, slowly increasing how many sets they do every couple of weeks doesn’t help them build thicker thigh muscles any more than just keeping their workout the same over 12 weeks.

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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

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2025 Feb

The study looked at whether gradually increasing leg workout volume helps build more thigh muscle in women, and found it didn’t make a difference for overall thigh muscle thickness compared to keeping the same workout volume.

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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

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DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2025.2459003

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