The Claim
In healthy elderly men who concurrently perform endurance training, resistance training performed to concentric failure does not result in greater improvements in neuromuscular performance—specifically maximal strength, rate of torque development, jump performance, and neuromuscular activation—compared to resistance training not performed to failure.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
For older guys who do both strength and cardio workouts, pushing their muscles to the max on every set doesn’t help them get stronger or faster than stopping just short of exhaustion.
See the scientific wording
In healthy elderly men, performing resistance training repetitions to concentric failure does not lead to greater improvements in neuromuscular performance—including maximal strength, rate of torque development, jump performance, and neuromuscular activation—compared to training not to failure, when endurance training is concurrently performed.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that pushing muscles to exhaustion during strength training didn’t help older men gain more strength or power than stopping short of exhaustion, especially when also doing endurance workouts.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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