After 8 weeks of either heavy or light lifting, the middle part of the outer thigh didn’t get any thicker—no matter which way they trained.

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Volume-equated high- and low-repetition daily undulating programming strategies produce similar hypertrophy and strength adaptations.

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Human

2016 Jul

In this study, guys who lifted weights for 8 weeks didn’t get bigger in the middle part of their outer thigh, no matter if they did heavy lifts with few reps or lighter lifts with more reps — as long as the total work was the same.

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Volume-equated high- and low-repetition daily undulating programming strategies produce similar hypertrophy and strength adaptations.

Score: 45

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0707

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