The Claim
Attenuated torque production during long repetition duration resistance exercise in rats may partially explain the lack of hypertrophy, as peak and average torques were consistently lowest in the long-duration group despite matched torque-time integrals.
What the research says
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When rats do strength exercises with very slow, long reps, they don't push as hard as when they do faster reps—even if the total effort is the same—and that might be why their muscles don't grow as much.
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Attenuated torque production during long repetition duration resistance exercise in rats may partially explain the lack of hypertrophy, as peak and average torques were consistently lowest in the long-duration group despite matched torque-time integrals.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Effects of repetition duration on skeletal muscle hypertrophy in a rat model of resistance exercise.
In rats, doing exercises slowly for a long time didn’t make muscles grow, even when the total effort was the same as faster exercises—because the slow exercises didn’t push the muscles as hard at their strongest point.
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