Both types of training made athletes stronger and more powerful, but squats with both legs made them significantly more powerful in the squat than lunges did.

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The effects of unilateral and bilateral eccentric overload training on hypertrophy, muscle power and COD performance, and its determinants, in team sport players

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2018

The study found that doing squats with extra resistance for six weeks made guys stronger in both legs at once much more than doing lunges did — exactly what the claim says.

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The effects of unilateral and bilateral eccentric overload training on hypertrophy, muscle power and COD performance, and its determinants, in team sport players

Score: 46

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193841

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