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Even if you tweak your weightlifting routine—like lifting heavier, doing more reps, or resting longer—it won’t make your muscles grow bigger than a simple, steady progress plan, even if your body is making more muscle proteins.

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Myofibrillar protein synthesis and muscle hypertrophy individualised responses to systematically changing resistance training variables in trained young men.

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2019 Sep 1

Scientists tested whether changing workout details like weight, reps, and rest times makes muscles grow more than just slowly increasing effort over time. They found no extra muscle growth from the changes—even though the body’s protein-making machinery worked harder. So, sticking to a simple, steady plan works just as well.

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Myofibrillar protein synthesis and muscle hypertrophy individualised responses to systematically changing resistance training variables in trained young men.

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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00350.2019

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