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When female handball players who are already very fit do two short, intense workout sessions per week for 8 weeks, they get faster in short sprints and stronger in explosive moves—but their overall endurance doesn’t get better.
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L-arginine Supplementation Does Not Enhance Anaerobic Performance in Trained Female Handball Players
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 OctThe study gave female handball players intense short-burst training twice a week for 8 weeks and found they got faster in short sprints and stronger in explosive moves, but their endurance didn’t improve — just like the claim said.
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