The Claim

Six weeks of high-volume resistance training increases integrated non-myofibrillar protein synthesis rates by approximately 69% (d=0.693) compared to high-load resistance training in trained young men, suggesting a preferential stimulation of non-contractile protein production.

Source: Effects of High-Volume Versus High-Load Resistance Training on Skeletal Muscle Growth and Molecular Adaptations

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

If you do lots of reps with lighter weights for six weeks, your body might make more of the non-muscle proteins inside your muscles than if you lift heavy weights with fewer reps — and this difference is pretty big.

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Six weeks of high-volume resistance training increases integrated non-myofibrillar protein synthesis rates by approximately 69% (d=0.693) compared to high-load training in trained young men, suggesting a preferential stimulation of non-contractile protein production.

Why this might work

When muscles are worked with many repetitions using lighter weights, the cells inside the muscle fill with calcium and turn on specific signaling pathways that tell the cell to make more proteins that support energy production and cell function, not muscle contraction. Over six weeks, this leads to a large increase in these non-contractile proteins.

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What the research says

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  1. Study: Effects of High-Volume Versus High-Load Resistance Training on Skeletal Muscle Growth and Molecular Adaptations

    If you lift lighter weights for more reps over six weeks, your muscles make more of the non-muscle parts inside them than if you lift heavy weights with fewer reps. This study found exactly that in trained guys.

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