The Claim
In untrained young men, all resistance training repetition ranges (3-28 repetitions maximum) produce similar fiber-type transformations from type IIB to type IIA muscle fibers, with significant decreases in MHCIIb and increases in MHCIIa observed across all training groups but not in controls after 8 weeks.
What the research says
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When young men who don't exercise start lifting weights, any number of reps between 3 and 28 changes their fast-twitch muscle fibers in the same way, making them more efficient, and this happens after 8 weeks of training.
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All resistance training repetition ranges (3-28 repetitions maximum) produce similar fiber-type transformations from type IIB to type IIA muscle fibers in untrained young men, with significant decreases in MHCIIb and increases in MHCIIa observed across all training groups but not in controls after 8 weeks.
What the research says
1 studyThe study showed that lifting weights with different numbers of reps all made muscles change in the same way for young men who don't usually exercise, which matches the claim exactly.
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