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If you're a young guy lifting weights more often each week, you'll build more muscle and get stronger—but after a while, your strength stops improving fast, while your muscles keep growing a bit longer.
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The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
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2026 FebThis study found that lifting weights more often and more sets per week makes muscles bigger and stronger, but after a point, strength stops improving much faster than muscle size — just like the claim says.
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