The Claim
The dose-response relationship between resistance training volume and strength gain is more curvilinear and exhibits more pronounced diminishing returns than the dose-response relationship between resistance training volume and muscle hypertrophy.
What the research says
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As resistance training volume increases, strength gains rise quickly at first but slow down more sharply than muscle growth, which continues to increase at a steadier rate.
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The dose-response relationship between resistance training volume and strength gain is more curvilinear and exhibits more pronounced diminishing returns than the relationship between volume and muscle hypertrophy.
When you train harder, your nervous system gets better at recruiting muscle fibers quickly and efficiently, but after a point, it can't get much better. Meanwhile, your muscles keep getting bigger because they keep adding more contractile material, even when your nervous system stops improving.
What the research says
1 studyWhen you do more workout sets, your muscles keep growing even after a while, but your strength gains slow down much faster — so after a certain point, doing extra sets helps your muscles bigger more than they help you lift heavier.
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